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Online Dissemination of Philippine MDGs
Candido J. Astrologo, Jr.OIC Director, National Statistical Information Center
National Statistical Coordination Board
Presented during the
2007 International Conference on the MDG Statistics1- 3 October 2007Manila, Philippines
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I. IntroductionII. The NSCB Statistical
Information SystemIII. The NSCB WebsiteIV. The i-MDGs WebV. Future Directions
Outline of Presentation
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The Philippine Statistical SystemA decentralized system comprising of a policy-making and coordinating body, data producers, users, research and training institutions and data providers
The National Statistical Coordination BoardPolicy-making and coordinating body on statistical matters in the Philippines
The National Statistical Information CenterA one-stop shop of statistical products and services
Introduction
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• Sectoral Statistics: data and metadata
• UN ECE Classification of Statistical Activities
The NSCB Statistical Information System
Health Education Poverty
MDGs(data andmetadata)
MDGH1, MDGH2,… MDGE1, MDGE2,… MDGP1, MDGP2,…
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5The NSCB Website
PortalA portal for statistics generated by the NSCB and other PSS agencies: data and metadata, classification systems, official concepts and definitions for statistical purposes
News ChannelPress releases and announcements on the latest news on statistical developments in the country
Statistical AnalysisFactsheets, statistics trivia
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6The i-MDGs Web
Interactive MDGs Web
•Integrated with the NSCB Website
•Portal for the dissemination of Philippine MDG statistics
•Contents• MDG Watch• Core indicators• Data series and metadata• FAQs• Articles on Philippine MDGs• Links to MDG-related sites
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8The i-MDGs Web
Schema
•Windows Internet Information Service•PC-Axis suite of software
• PX-Web (web-based databases)• PC-Axis (stand-alone application)
•PC-Axis• 1993, start of use• 1999, start of use of web-based database
• for subscription-based databases• 2007, for MDGs
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Features of the PC-Axis suite• Easy to set-up• Small footprint of data files• Readable format (ASCII)• Excellent integration of metadata
Features of the web-based PC-Axis
data/variable selection• search by keyword
data manipulation• pivoting (clockwise, counterclockwise, manual)• summation (rows, columns)
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Features of the web-based PC-Axis
charts• 10 chart types (line, column, bar, etc.)• 2 modes (normal, 3d)• 3 resolutions (320*240 480*360, 640*480)
maps• choroplet maps• regional and provincial maps
others• Breadcrumbs for navigation• CSS-based printing• CSS-based tables
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11Future Directions
• Data visualization modules• Adoption of latest version of PX-Web• RSS feeds on latest MDG updates• Bulletin boards