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Online Dissemination of Philippine MDGs

Candido J. Astrologo, Jr.OIC Director, National Statistical Information Center

National Statistical Coordination Board

Presented during the

2007 International Conference on the MDG Statistics1- 3 October 2007Manila, Philippines

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I. IntroductionII. The NSCB Statistical

Information SystemIII. The NSCB WebsiteIV. The i-MDGs WebV. Future Directions

Outline of Presentation

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The Philippine Statistical SystemA decentralized system comprising of a policy-making and coordinating body, data producers, users, research and training institutions and data providers

The National Statistical Coordination BoardPolicy-making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the Philippines

The National Statistical Information CenterA one-stop shop of statistical products and services

Introduction

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• Sectoral Statistics: data and metadata

• UN ECE Classification of Statistical Activities

The NSCB Statistical Information System

Health Education Poverty

MDGs(data andmetadata)

MDGH1, MDGH2,… MDGE1, MDGE2,… MDGP1, MDGP2,…

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5The NSCB Website

PortalA portal for statistics generated by the NSCB and other PSS agencies: data and metadata, classification systems, official concepts and definitions for statistical purposes

News ChannelPress releases and announcements on the latest news on statistical developments in the country

Statistical AnalysisFactsheets, statistics trivia

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6The i-MDGs Web

Interactive MDGs Web

•Integrated with the NSCB Website

•Portal for the dissemination of Philippine MDG statistics

•Contents• MDG Watch• Core indicators• Data series and metadata• FAQs• Articles on Philippine MDGs• Links to MDG-related sites

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7The i-MDGs Web

Interactive MDGs Web

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Schema

•Windows Internet Information Service•PC-Axis suite of software

• PX-Web (web-based databases)• PC-Axis (stand-alone application)

•PC-Axis• 1993, start of use• 1999, start of use of web-based database

• for subscription-based databases• 2007, for MDGs

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9The i-MDGs Web

Features of the PC-Axis suite• Easy to set-up• Small footprint of data files• Readable format (ASCII)• Excellent integration of metadata

Features of the web-based PC-Axis

data/variable selection• search by keyword

data manipulation• pivoting (clockwise, counterclockwise, manual)• summation (rows, columns)

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Features of the web-based PC-Axis

charts• 10 chart types (line, column, bar, etc.)• 2 modes (normal, 3d)• 3 resolutions (320*240 480*360, 640*480)

maps• choroplet maps• regional and provincial maps

others• Breadcrumbs for navigation• CSS-based printing• CSS-based tables

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11Future Directions

• Data visualization modules• Adoption of latest version of PX-Web• RSS feeds on latest MDG updates• Bulletin boards

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Thank you.