PRESS RELEASE
Recognizing
the power of information to shape better policies, guide development
programs and increase accountability, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
along with leaders of six multilateral financial institutions, announced
today that they would strengthen inter-agency sharing and collaboration
on issues related to data and statistical capacity building. This will
provide the global community with better statistical tools to measure
progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post-2015
development agenda and improve the lives of people in the developing world.
“This
historic meeting of resourceful institutions confirmed my belief that
by working together we can demonstrate the power of multilateralism to
secure a better future for all. The first-of-its-kind meeting and
agreement will help us further deepen our joint work to meet the MDGs
and develop a post-2015 agenda for a more prosperous, equitable and
sustainable future,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.
Leaders of the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org),
Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International
Monetary Fund, Islamic Development Bank, the United Nations, and World
Bank Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in
strengthening statistical capacity in member countries and to facilitate
the sharing of data, tools, standards, and analysis to improve
statistics for monitoring development outcomes. The European Investment
Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development offered
their full support for the goals of the MoU and will contribute to the
post 2015 development agenda in their areas of expertise.
Speaking
on behalf of signatories to the MoU, African Development President and
Meeting Chairman Donald Kaberuka said, “More timely and better
statistics provide the basis for understanding the social and economic
circumstances in which people live, enabling better policies and
programs. Stronger statistical capacity will also help drive more
sophisticated decision making, for example, through the application of
natural wealth accounting, a clearer understanding of the distributional
effects of social and economic programs, and the ability to take
account of the impacts of decisions on women. Our work together will
help build the foundation for a robust post-2015 Agenda.”
Leaders
reaffirmed their commitments to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals, and discussed the opportunity to collaborate in the development
of the post-2015 development agenda.
“We
need better information and we need it more frequently. This is the
only way for us to know whether we are making progress toward our goals
of improving the lives of the poor,” said Jim Yong Kim, President of the
World Bank Group. “Just as the Millennium Development Goals profoundly
shaped our approach to development at the turn of the century, we expect
the post-2015 development agenda to help us define a vision for a more
socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable development
path.”
Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of the African Development Bank.
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