Country Case Studies:
Monitoring social development
International Forum on Monitoring National
Development: Issues and Challenges
Beijing, China, 27-29 September, 2011
México
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape
Contents
 The international scene
 The national scene
 Planning for development
 The new national statistical system
 Catalog of National Indicators
 Linking statistics with planning and public policies
 Example: MDG indicators
 Summing up…
The international scene
The UNSD, EUROSTAT,
OECD, IMF have been
working on new and more
timely economic
indicators.
The OECD has recently put
forward a set of indicators
to monitor the Green
Growth Initiative.
In the framework of the
G-20, Principal Global
Indicators.
Indicators for the
Millennium Development
Goals.
The national scene
Planning for development
Planning for development
 Mexico´s National Planning System comprises a six
year National Development Plan; sectoral and special
programs, as well as six year plans for each state
administration.
 Detailed progress reports are presented annually
to the Congress; public access.
 But not all indicators in those reports had the required
quality to assess progress.
 However, things have changed with the new law…
Statistics and Geographic Information Law
Statistics and Geographic
Information Law
Mexican Government
National Institute of Statistics and
Geography, INEGI
AUTONOMY
The new statistical
(and geographic information) system
NATIONAL COUNCIL
SUBSYSTEM
Socio Demographic
Information
SUBSYSTEM
Specialized
Technical
Committee
Working
groups
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Specialized
Technical
Committee
Working
groups
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Goverment, Public
Security and Justice
Information
Specialized
Technical
Committees
Working
gropus
Catalog of National
Indicators
Society
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National Information Programs
INEGI
SUBSYSTEM
Geographic and
Enviromental
Information
Economic
Information
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SUBSYSTEM
Specialied
Technical
Committees
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Working
gropus
Norms
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Coordination
Data dissemination
State
Programs of the National
Information System
 The System´s Strategic Program, 2010-2034
• It is the System´s main programming instrument, with a 24 years
time frame. Takes into account the activities proposed by members
of the System, as well as the points of view of social and private
institutions.
 The National Program of Statistics and Geography (medium-term)
• Defines activities and projects to be executed during a six year
term and guides both the production of information and the
development of the System. It is compulsory for all state units
depending on available budgetary resources.
 The Annual Program of Statistics and Geography (short-term)
• Aligned with the Strategic and the National Programs of Statistics
and Geography, determines the specific activities to be conducted
for a given year. Its execution is subject to the availability of
budgetary resources.
The National Catalog of Indicators
The law mandates INEGI to establish, in coordination
with government producing agencies (so called
“state units”), a National Catalog of Indicators, to
cover, but not restricted, to the following subjects:
demography, health, housing, education, employment,
income
distribution
and
poverty,
public
security,
government, justice; national accounts, science and
technology, finances, prices; water, soil, flora, fauna, toxic
residuals and solid residuals, among others.
The indicators will be obtained from data produced by
national censuses, surveys, administrative records and the
system of national accounts.
The National Catalog of Indicators
 Criteria:
• Linked to the National Development Plan
• Produced on a regular basis in accordance to the
best national and international practices
• Relevant for the design, monitoring and evaluation
of public policies
• To meet international data obligations
• Satisfying the quality standards established
by INEGI
Sectoral,
regional and
local
programs
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National
Development
Plan
Indicators: monitoring
national development
Strategic
Objectives
Sectoral, regional
and local
objectives
Operative objectives
Indicadores
• Key
clave
Indicators
•Metas
• Targets
• Specific
indicators
•Targets
• Performance
indicators
• Targets
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Who develops the
strategic indicators?
 Government producing agencies with the
support
form
INEGI at
Technical Committees
the Specialized
Specialized Technical Committees
Tasks
 Elaborate manuals and rules of procedure to identify,
propose and produce the indicators
 Review technical norms: classifications; definitions,
etc.
 Assess consistency and integrity of data bases
 Conduct training
 Write down metadata
 Agree on a public calendar for updating the indicators
MDG Indicators
 A Specialized Technical Committee was set up in February 2010 to
coordinate the integration of the Millennium Development Goals
Indicators.
1. End poverty and hunger
2. Universal education
3. Gender equality
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Objectives
4. Child health
5. Maternal health
6. Combat VIH/AIDS
7. Environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership
México: 22
targets and
80
indicators
for
assessment
www.objetivosdedesarrollodelmilenio.org.mx
Summing up…
In synthesis:
 Legal framework
 Strategic indicators
 Linked to planning
 An interdisciplinary committee for producing indicators
 Indicators should meet criteria
 Widely available and accessible to users
Fundamental Elements of the National
Catalog of Indicators
Country Case Studies:
Monitoring social development
International Forum on Monitoring National
Development: Issues and Challenges
Beijing, China, 27-29 September, 2011
México
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape