Time: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Location: Room I4-060, 1850 I Street NW Washington DC USA

Event Type: Brown Bag Seminar

Participating Countries: USA

Data on development indicators for a country or region is central to measuring and monitoring progress towards development objectives, be they in the overall growth of the economy, health, education, gender, or other social or financial sectors. These development indicators, in the form of time series, help in diagnosis of development trends and for projecting outcomes. They also provide a basis for government officials, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders, at federal or state levels, in formulating, promoting and implementing development policies.

DDP is a web-based tool for analyzing and disseminating this time-series information in a variety of ways (web-based tables, charts, maps) for use in the Bank and for delivering information to countries and regions.

Another aspect of DDP is as a repository of a vast collection of household and other surveys on development related issues. DDP, as a tool, is generic and can be used by countries for monitoring and evaluating their own development indicators.

Based on country needs, DDP could be a component of the Bank's TA agenda for use by countries in building their statistical capacity and for monitoring progress.

Related Materials

• Agenda
• Presentation
  • Development Data Platform
    • Vilas K. Mandlekar, Senior Information Officer, DECDG, World Bank