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Today, the World Bank is launching the Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) – a new set of indicators to measure the performance of national statistical systems in 174 economies from 2016 to 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of trustworthy data for governments, businesses, and civil society to make good decisions ...

The SDGs include 231 indicators for 169 targets. The data requirements for the 60 indicators of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs’ predecessor, were modest in comparison. Yet in 2015, the target year of the MDGs, countries reported on average data on only 68% of the MDG indicators.

Ten of these indicators were used to estimate an ease of doing business score this year, over the 12 months ending April 30, 2019. This is the 17 th edition of a study that has motivated governments worldwide to undertake business reforms with the goal of bolstering sustainable economic growth.

CCTs outperform UCTs for intermediate participation indicators and, to a lesser extent, human capital outcomes. CCT programs create incentives for individuals to change their behaviors by denying transfers to those who do not satisfy the conditions.

Indicators are comprehensive across institutional arrangements, capacities, and performance, and include over 200 indicators on aspects of a meritocratic bureaucracy. Reliable data on the enabling environment for good governance and public sector management is also being produced: service delivery, rule of law, and civil society activities.

A set of 111 indicators is also provided to enable governments to track progress toward greater resilience, to identify areas that are lagging behind, and to prioritize effective measures. It also sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis can affect the design of an adaptation and resilience strategy, recognizing ...

The initial set of indicators is based on both current market and World Bank usage of these criteria. The framework incorporates 67 indicators in total, covering all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The data is available for download for all World Bank (IBRD and IDA) countries.