Millennium Development Goals in Kenya
Principles underlying the MDGs
The process and product for monitoring progress towards the MDGs is expected to be nationally-driven, with steps taken to define how the MDGs apply to the country-situation and how their achievement needs to be addressed through national development strategies, policies and programmes.
To enable the full exercise of national ownership, a great deal of capacity will need to be built. Beyond assistance for the use of specific tools to monitor progress towards the MDGs, investment in capacity building for monitoring as well as the use of data for informed policy-making and programming will be a priority. Support for the development of a stronger national statistical system as well as a common database, involving close collaboration with the national statistical office, will serve reporting purposes for a wide range of areas. Better statistics and databases at the national level will also improve the quality of reporting.
MDGs Background