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 6.2.1: Sanitation and hygiene
This chapter examines challenges and opportunities relating to alignment, measurement and use of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 6.2.1 (Access to safe sanitation and handwashing facilities) to guide development co-operation towards that developmental outcome, from a global perspective and from the perspective of two case study countries: Kenya and Myanmar. Global monitoring arrangements for sanitation and hygiene have been adapted, but inconsistent indicator definitions used by development co-operation providers and partner governments in Kenya and Myanmar limit opportunities for harmonisation, joint measurement and use of SDG results information. As a result, the reporting burden for national stakeholders has increased and data against many providers’ indicators are missing. This chapter recommends that development co-operation providers in the sector should: advocate in sector co-ordination groups for greater alignment to SDG 6.2.1; increase investments in sector-wide monitoring systems; ensure alignment of their project indicators with the official SDG indicator definition; and invest in monitoring systems capable of producing sex‑disaggregated and sub‑nationally disaggregated data, to ensure no one is left behind.
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