However, beyond this issue of access, the question of legitimacy of the broadly disseminated data and indicators is more important than ever.
UNESCO: Measuring development - How science and politics work together
These data and indicators provided by the various producers of information are too often given an almost magical aura and are used without caution in social and political debate.
UNESCO: Measuring development - How science and politics work together
However, policies and programmes are still confronted with a major challenge: the lack of targeted data and indicators quantifying the relationships and contributions, which has resulted in culture being deprioritized in international development programmes and national development strategies.
Entitled Opportunities Lost: The Impact of Grade Repetition and Early School Leaving, the Digest presents a wide range of UIS data and indicators to better identify the millions of children that are falling through the cracks in education systems and leaving school, often without being able to read or write.
There is also insufficient data about sustainability indicators on a global scale, particularly on companies in emerging markets.
Kevin Daly, one of the Goldman Sachs economists who first questioned the 2009 figures, does believe the 2010 figures will be revised up further, to bring them more into line with the strong company survey data and other indicators that he favours over the ONS version of events.
Albert Motivans , Chief of the Education Indicators and Data Analysis Section, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and others.
Does the country have education and ICT statistics including indicators and data on computer equipment and communications in rural and urban educational institutions?
Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), under the Head of the Education Indicators and Data Analys is (EIDA) Section, and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the incumbent will be the main focal point for education statistics for the Latin America and Caribbean region.
We feed the factors into the equation, measuring them using forecasts for 2005 where possible (in four cases) and latest data for slower-changing indicators, such as family life and political freedom.
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Why bother analyzing economic indicators or fundamental data when the outcome of a sporting event, the length of women's skirts or astrological signs can be used to predict the movement of the stock market?
It gathers data on more than 60 indicators (the extent of crime, the quality of police, judicial independence and so on) to create rule-of-law and governance measures for virtually every country in the world.
But based on non-seasonally adjusted BLS data and real-time employment indicators, TrimTabs estimates that job growth was 147, 000 jobs.
Marginally positive labor data couples with a series of economic indicators that have provided positive surprises.
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Since then, key indicators like employment, manufacturing data and consumer sentiment have continued on a downward trajectory.
These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics.
As the Vice President announced in June 2010, we have expanded the use of cutting-edge fraud mapping tools to gather enormous quantities of information in real time, analyze the data, and connect the dots to identify indicators of possible fraud or error.
And while real estate and jobs data remain a fundamental drag on investor sentiment, other indicators show the US economy is at least on track to grow at the anemic forecasted 2.5% this year.
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Veteran market watcher Jim Stack, editor of Investech Research is bullish on stocks, and recent data from the Economic Cycle Research Institute showing leading economic indicators at their highest level in more than 20 years reaffirms his outlook.
Just as in education, where funding depends on "performance" indicators, there is a great incentive to manipulate data merely to ensure that the level of service provided does not deteriorate further.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday is light and includes the leading economic indicators index.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the consumer price index and leading economic indicators.
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Further support came from weaker-than-expected data on Thursday, specifically the drop in U.S. leading indicators and the Philadelphia Fed index.
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Unfortunately, based upon existing data again supplied by the National Association of Realtors, these forward looking indicators do not look promising.
The over-reliance on self-reported data is also called into question, and the absence of any meaningful indicators for teaching quality, personal development, or the impact of the alumni network.
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The latest Case-Shiller data agrees with recent economic releases that showed housing strengthening on a series of indicators.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators and the U.S. house price index.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators index and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators, existing home sales and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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