MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES PANEL DISCUSSION

DEFINING DEVELOPMENT • Economic Development – has been broadly • Social Development – defined

MEASURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • Because of complex nature of social development, its measurement is

INDICATORS COMMONLY USED IN MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • GDP and GDP Per Capita growth

UGANDA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Year Po Gini 1992/93 56% 0. 364 1997

INDONESIA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Year Po Gini 2004 16. 7% 0. 33

ISSUES TO NOTE • The story of declining poverty rates and rising inequality. •

CHALLENGES OF MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • • Agreeing on definition of social development which

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MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES PANEL DISCUSSION International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Beijing, Peoples Republic of China Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 1

DEFINING DEVELOPMENT • Economic Development – has been broadly • Social Development – defined as improvements in well-being of people and societies – people centred. Development • defined as growth in total GDP and Per Capita GDP (volume and value of goods and services) o o Encompasses economic and social development. In addition it covers political development, governance, organizational development etc. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 2

MEASURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • Because of complex nature of social development, its measurement is equally complex – composite indices used. • Indices of “well-Being” and “Happiness” have been tried but the latter not very widely used. • Focus on some factors that directly impact welfare of individuals and societies have been used as proxy for social development. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 3

INDICATORS COMMONLY USED IN MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • GDP and GDP Per Capita growth rate • Unemployment rates (and underemployment rates) • Poverty Rates Persons living on less than 1$ per day; or less than 2$ per day • Inequality rates • Human Development Index Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 4

UGANDA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Year Po Gini 1992/93 56% 0. 364 1997 44% 0. 347 1999/2000 34% 0. 395 2002/2003 38% 0. 428 2005/2006 31. 1% 0. 41 2009/2010 24. 5% 0. 43 Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 5

INDONESIA – POVERTY AND INEQUALITY TRENDS Year Po Gini 2004 16. 7% 0. 33 2005 16% 0. 34 2006 17. 8% 0. 36 2007 16. 6% 0. 38 2008 15. 4% 0. 37 2009 14. 2% 0. 37 2010 13. 3% 0. 38 Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 6

ISSUES TO NOTE • The story of declining poverty rates and rising inequality. • The regional differences (geography) in poverty rates and inequality o Urban Vs Rural o Within Urban o Among rural Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 7

CHALLENGES OF MONITORING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • • Agreeing on definition of social development which elements are in and which are not. Measuring Social Development o o • Recognizing complementarity of different players in measuring social development o o o • Poverty indicators HDI – weights to attach to Income, Health, Education, etc. National Governments and Official Statistics Private researchers and research data International organizations Building Trust in Social development Indicators o Focus on social development issues and not the data. Uganda Bureau of Statistics Email: ubos@ubos. org, Website: 8