USE OF DEVINFO LAO PDR Thirakha Chanthalanouvong Director
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USE OF DEVINFO –LAO PDR Thirakha Chanthalanouvong Director of Social Statistics Division Lao Department of Statistics Ministry of Planning and Investment
Content • Background Lao. Info project • Good practices • Challenges • DI monitoring
Background Lao. Info project • Project implemented as part of National Human Development Report project since 2004 • Lao. Info: • MDG indicators, • Census 1995 and 2005, • Lao Reproductive Health Survey 2000 and 2005, and • MICS 3 • + Social Economic Indicators • +Gender Statistics • Twice adaptations • Lao. Info V 4. 1 in 2005 • Lao. Info V 5. 0 in 2009
Institutional framework • Mo. U signed since 2004. • Lao. Info as tool for data dissemination in the strategies for the Development of the National Statistical System 2020. • Lao. Info Network established among five key line ministries and five provinces, which are being expanded to eight ministries and twelve provinces. • Key implementing partner – Do. S. • Main support partners – UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP.
Capacity building • Training is mainly organized by Do. S • Nearly 200 staff from line ministries and provinces have been trained • Two line ministries – Mo. E and MAF able to organize their own training
MDG 1: Eradicate Poverty and Hunger Target 1 a: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day Poverty declined steadily and the country is on course to achieve MDG 1
MDG 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education Target 2 a: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling NER in primary school (%) In overall, Lao PDR is on track in achieving MDGs 2 by 2015 • 11 more provinces out of 17 need to accelerate their efforts for enrolling children in primary school. • More than 43 thousand of children aged 6 -10 years are yet enrolled in primary education annually. Data source: Lao_Mo. E Annual Statistics_2011
Good practices • National ownership • High commitment from technical staff in Do. S, line ministries, and provincial authorities • Higher level of involvement leads to better implementation • Continuous support from partners
Challenges • Limited HR/staff • Language • Limited IT equipment • Not yet widely used for evidence base • Training conducted only at technical level • More high level awareness is needed
di Monitoring Planned v. Actual
National Socio-Economic Development Plan 2011 -2015 LAO PDR
NSEDP Monitoring • Progress reviewed through text analysis • Lack of result framework outcomes, outputs, etc. • Difficult to access the status via baseline and target
Framework Elements Indicators Baseline Target Planned Actual
After…. (on progress) • Using DI for monitoring and evaluating the progress of the implementation of the 7 th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP)
Q&A Thank You