The document outlines a framework for developing a culture of evidence-based policymaking through better statistics. It identifies major outcomes of increasing capacity to produce and use statistics, strengthening national statistical systems through strategic planning, and improving donor coordination. Specific three-year targets are proposed to measure progress in each area, such as the percentage of countries supplying development indicators, completing self-evaluations of statistical capacity, and appointing lead donors for statistics.

1. Framework for Planning
PARIS21 Future
Principal Outcomes Sought, and
Possible Targets, for World
Community

2. PARIS 21 Goal
Develop a culture of transparent,
evidence-based policy making
and implementation which
serves to improve Government
accountability and effectiveness

3. PARIS 21 Purpose
Better statistics and statistical analysis
available to and used by national and
international decision-makers and civil society
• (May need adjustment with respect to main OVI:
“Evidence-based pro-poor policies implemented
with widespread agreement of all stakeholders”)

4. Log-Frame for Consideration:
Major Outcomes
• Capacity to Produce and Use Statistics
• Nat. Stat. System Strategic Planning
• Effective Donor Collaboration at Country
Level

5. Capacity to Produce and Use
Statistics
Strengthened capacity to produce,
analyse and use key statistical and
other information amongst public
sector, academic and civil society
organizations

6. Nat. Stat. System Strategic
Planning
Comprehensive strategy covering
information needed nationally (and
internationally) to inform, implement
and monitor policies

7. Effective Donor Coordination at
Country Level
More effective donor collaboration,
leading to more efficient use of official
development assistance relating to
generation and use of statistics

8. Capacity to Produce and Use Statistics
Three Year Targets (by end-2006)
• Share of IDA Countries
- supplying 15 Development Indicators
- subscribing to GDDS
• UNDP and IDA/IMF Ratings on
MDG/PRSP Monitoring/Evaluation

9. Countries supplying
Development Indicators
• Raise to 80% the share of IDA countries
regularly collecting, and using in the
management of government policies and
public expenditures, data on the 7 (out of
15) agreed Development Indicators for
which it presently falls short of 80%

10. Countries subscribing to GDDS
• Increase the percentage of IDA countries
subscribing to GDDS from about 40%
currently to 70%

11. Ratings on MDG/PRSP
Monitoring/Evaluation
• Visible trend towards improvement,
between successive reports for individual
countries, in respect to the ratings assigned
against the various dimensions of
“Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity for
Tracking MDGs” in UNDP’s MDG
Progress Reports; and in regard to
Monitoring and Evaluation in IMF/IDA
Joint Staff Assessments for PRSPs.

12. Nat. Stat. System Strategic Planning
Three Year Targets (by end-2006)
• Self-evaluations using Statistical Capacity
Building Indicators, and
follow-up action
• Effective, sustained process for strategic
planning

13. Self-Evaluations using SCBI
• 50% of developing and transition countries
have completed at least one self-evaluation
of the capacities of their NSS, based on the
indicators and methodology outlined in
PARIS21 report of September 2002 on
SCBI, and have chosen and started the
measures needed to strengthen performance.

14. Effective, sustained process for
strategic planning
• Increase from current possible 20% to a
firm 40% in the share of developing &
transition countries which have established
an effective and sustained process for NSS
strategic planning, based on user demands
and combining effective response to urgent
data needs with steady development of
broader production and use capacities –
including implementation of results

15. Effective Donor Coordination, Country-level
Three Year Targets (by end 2006)
• Appoint lead donor in country for statistics
• Support Strategic Plans, once effective
• Initiatives in Joint Donor Support
• Use of Country Page on PARIS21 web-site

16. Appoint lead donor for statistics
• In 75% of IDA countries, aid agencies
operating there have effectively assigned
responsibility to one of their number as lead
donor for statistics, who assists the
country’s periodic meetings for concerned
donors and data-demanders, keeps abreast
of the evolving situation, and helps secure
timely response from donors to national
priorities

17. Support Strategic Plans, once
effective
• In 80% of the countries which have
established an effective strategic planning
process for statistics, the donors involved in
statistical work in the country are designing
their activities to support plan
implementation

18. Initiatives in Joint Donor Support
• As a pilot operation for subsequent broader
replication, in at least 3 IDA countries donors have
begun to implement a collaborative approach to
support for implementation of the country’s NSS
strategic plan, undertaking joint appraisal and
follow-up, and accepting a unified progress report
that includes the detail needed by each donor for
components supported

19. Use of Country Page on
PARIS21 web-site
• 60% of IDA countries are making effective use of
the country pages assigned to them on the
PARIS21 web-site for briefly summarizing (i) all
foreign assistance currently being received by the
NSS, (ii) additional tasks for which foreign
assistance is sought, and (iii) current state of
discussions with donors who have shown interest
in supporting the country’s work in statistics