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	Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 - Annual report of the Secretary-General (2011) [A/66/126]
Presentations:  Session 1: National monitoring of the MDGs Review of recommendations by UNSC, IAEG on MDG Indicators and 2007 ICMDGS (Philippines, UNSD)   Panel 1.1: Best practices for national monitoring: Coordination within National Statistical Systems, MDG databases, data exchange mechanisms and data dissemination procedures    MDG data exchange among national agencies and with international organizations (Laos)    MDG data exchange among national agencies and with international organizations (Mexico)    MDG data exchange among national agencies and with international organizations (Cambodia)   Panel 1.2: Methodologies for the assessment of country progress    Methodology to assess countries’ progress and other tools for national monitoring (UNSD)    Tools for National Monitoring (India)    Tools for National Monitoring (Uganda)    Session 2: Tailoring the MDGs to the regional or country context Panel 2.1: Tailoring MDGs to the regional context    ASEAN Statistical Report (ASEAN Secretariat)    Monitoring supplementary indicators at the regional level (ECLAC)   Panel 2.2: Tailoring the MDGs to the national context    MDG Plus (Thailand)    National proxy indicators (Dominican Republic)    Tailoring the MDGs to country needs (Mongolia)    Session 3: Localizing MDG monitoring Panel 3.1: Localizing the MDGs    MDG data disaggregation by ethnic group (Brazil)    MDG data disaggregation by geographical unit (Philippines)   Panel 3.2: MDG Progress: Assessing inequalities    Achieving the MDGs with equity (UNICEF)    MDG disparities within the country (China)    MDG disparities within the country (Bangladesh)    Gender issues and the MDGs (UN-Women)    Genderized MDGs at the sub-national level (Philippines)    Session 4: The MDGs in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories    Progress towards the MDGs in the Pacific (SPC)    Main challenges in the region with data collection and harmonization (ESCAP)    Session 5: A critical review of progress towards the MDGs Panel 5.1: Regional reviews    Regional review: challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific countries (ESCAP)    Regional review: challenges faced by African countries (ECA)   Panel 5.2: Country reviews    Country progress reports (UNDP)    National MDG progress report (Kazakhstan)    MDG 5 - Country progress report (Vietnam)    Working Poverty in the World (ILO)    Employment in the informal economy: gender differences (ILO)    Session 6: Use of MDG indicators in policy making Panel 6.1: MDGs in policy making    Using MDG indicators and statistics in national and local level government planning (UNDP)    Using MDG indicators and statistics in national and local level government planning (Morocco)    Development aid information management and its impact on aid volume (OECD)    Use of MDG indicators and statistics by donors and development partners (ADB)    Partnership and coordination with academia, civil society and the media in the production and use of MDG indicators (Philippines)   Panel 6.2: MDGs beyond 2015    The UN development agenda post 2015 (UNSD)    Issues and challenges in monitoring the MDGs post 2015 (UNSD)    The Impact of the MDGs on Bilateral Aid Programmes: Some Informal Feedback (OECD)    Special Session 1: Monitoring the MDGs with DevInfo    Agenda    Introduction to DevInfo    Case Study (Laos)    Introduction and Demonstration of DevInfo 7.0  Special Session 2: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development    Measuring the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) targets (ITU) Conclusions and recommendations