The issue of data collection to monitor and evaluate the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators in the country can be in three main methods; surveys, census, administrative data.
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is the only public institution mandated to collect, compile, analyze and disseminate official statistics in the country. The GSS serves as the repository of data, whilst other Government institutions across the country are also mandated to collect, compile, analyze and disseminate administrative data. Each institution normally conducts surveys and census in a specific area of interest to help them come out with data to develop a tool which will determine the policy direction of the institution in term of developing the country.
On the issue of leaving no one behind, data collection becomes necessary and it’s the responsibility of each institution, both public and private to build an effective and efficient way of collecting and compiling administrative data. So for the data to capture everybody, no matter its status and/or infirmity, there is a need to have the data in disaggregated form. In this case what is disaggregated data?
Disaggregated data refers to numerical or non-numerical information that has been (1) collected from multiple sources and/or on multiple measures, variables, or individuals; (2) compiled into aggregate data—i.e., summaries of data—typically for the purposes of public reporting or statistical analysis. It can also mean breaking down aggregated data into component parts or smaller units of data (www.dictionary.com/browse/disaggregation)
Member States have pledged to leave no one behind, where the Inter-Agency Expect Group (IAEG) of SDGs has included an overarching principle of data Disaggregate, that is:
“Sustainable Development Goal indicators should be disaggregated, where relevant, by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location, or other characteristics, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of O?cial Statistics (General Assembly resolution 68/261).”
The various institutions need to further discuss how to operationalize data disaggregation in the implementation of the global
indicator set such as:
Productive resources and inputs, knowledge, ?nancial services, markets, and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.
The above targets are example of how some of the indicators under each target can be disaggregated to involve all spheres of our sectors and individuals no matter their location in the country.
To achieve the entire target related to Ghana, there is a need for Sustainable Development Goal indicators to be disaggregated, where relevant, by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location, or other characteristics, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (General Assembly resolution 68/261). This will really show that YES, we are leaving no one behind.
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