Crosscutting issues Current initiatives SDGs how the Guide

Cross-cutting issues: Current initiatives • SDGs – how the Guide should link to the monitoring of SDGs? – Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere – Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries • Atkinson commission • Advise the World Bank on how to measure and monitor global poverty • The Commission’s final report – April 2016

Cross-cutting issues: Define a coherent set of indicators • SDGs as a starting point? – Which SDG indicators are relevant (in the TF scope) ? – Which SDG indicators require further methodological guidance ? • Recommend indicators aligned with the SDGs? (based on country experiences or experiences with compiling internationally agreed indicator sets; having in mind principles for selecting indicators) • The SDG list should not refrain the TF from proposing additional indicators

Cross-cutting issues: Metadata • Should we have a list of recommended components to be reported (source, type of survey, coverage…) • Are there any existing guidelines on poverty metadata?

Cross-cutting issues: Vulnerable groups • Measurement issues with various vulnerable groups: – Children – Women – Minorities – Geographical location, etc.

• Recommendations – need to keep in mind through the discussions what will be the main recommendations – – – Methodological/ conceptual Data sources Measurement issues More specificity to the currently defined SDG indicators Publication of metadata … • Challenges for the future – main issues on which further work is needed