This report is based on a master set o data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDGIndicators led by the Department o Economic and Social Aairs o the United Nations Secretariat, in response tothe wishes o the General Assembly or periodic assessment o progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprisesrepresentatives o the international organizations whose activities include the preparation o one or more o theseries o statistical indicators that were identied as appropriate or monitoring progress towards the MDGs, asrefected in the list below. A number o national statisticians and outside expert advisers also contributed.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATIONFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONUNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONTHE WORLD BANKINTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNIONECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICAECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPEECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFICECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDSUNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUNDUNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENTUNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EqUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN WOMENUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEUNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESUNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMMEUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDINTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTREINTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNIONORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENTWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION