Sustainable Results in Development
Using the SDGs for Shared Results and Impact
Governments and providers of development co-operation increasingly use Sustainable Development Goal indicators to guide their policies and practices. The close examination of three large recipients of development co-operation: Ethiopia, Kenya and Myanmar across the sectors of Education, Sanitation and Energy reveals four inter-related challenges in using SDG indicators at country level. First, the cost of using specific SDG indicators varies in relation to indicator complexity – complementary investments in country statistical systems may be necessary. Second, providers synchronising their country-level results planning with partner countries find it easier to align to and measure SDG indicators together with the partner country and other providers. Third, reliance on joint monitoring approaches is helping providers reduce the cost of SDG monitoring. Finally, while disaggregating SDG data by gender and by urban-rural dimensions is common, other data disaggregation relevant to ensure that no one is left behind are rare.
SDG 4.1.1: Education proficiency
This chapter examines challenges and opportunities relating to alignment, measurement and use of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 4.1.1 (education proficiency levels) in development co‑operation from a global perspective and from the perspective of two case study countries: Ethiopia and Myanmar.While data availability for the SDG indicator is growing, its inclusion in country- and sector-level results frameworks is still weak. Instead, most frameworks still emphasise schooling access as the key measure of performance with learning outcomes progressively gaining attention as education policies are updated.The chapter also shows that development co-operation providers are lagging behind in aligning their corporate and country-level results frameworks to SDG 4.1.1.To address these challenges, this chapter recommends that development co-operation providers join forces to support partner country efforts in implementing the cross-national assessments necessary to produce internationally comparable data for SDG 4.1.1.
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