Assessment of Development Results: Uzbekistan

Table 10.
Capacity for monitoring and reporting MDG progress
Goal (or component
of goal)
Data
gathering
Quality of
survey
information
Statistical
analysis
Statistics
in policy-
making
Monitoring
and
evaluation
Living standards and
malnutrition
Weak
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Quality of education
Fair
Fair
Weak
Fair
Fair
Gender equality
Weak
Weak
Fair
Weak
Weak
Child mortality
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Maternal health
Fair
Fair
Weak
Weak
Fair
HIV/AIDS
Weak
Weak
Weak
Weak
Weak
Malaria
Fair
Fair
Fair
Weak
Fair
Tuberculosis
Fair
Fair
Fair
Weak
Fair
Environmental
sustainability
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Weak
Source:
Government of Uzbekistan and United Nations Country Team,‘Uzbekistan: Millennium Development Goals Report’, 2006, page 65.

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C H A P T E R 4 . U N D P C O N T R I B U T I O N T O N A T I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T R E S U L T S
2 1
UNDP
analysis
revealed
constraints
and
challenges to developing an effective system of
statistics in Uzbekistan. Therefore, UNDP
interventions supported national partners address
priority statistical areas. The 2006 MDG Report
revealed that the capacity for monitoring and
reporting MDG progress is generally fair—though
occasionally weak—across the core assessment
criteria (see Table 10). This has implications for
effective use of the MDGs, especially for efforts
to use them at the regional level.
It should be noted that the MDG Report’s
targets and indicators can be considered binding
on policy makers only if these targets and indica-
tors have been identified and sanctioned by the
government. However, the national MDG report
has not received official government approval,
despite relevant ministries having worked in close
cooperation with UNDP during the Report’s
preparation.
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Nonetheless, the WIS—a document
approved
by
the
government—aligns
its
objectives with the nationally determined MDGs.