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culture and communications. 聽</p> <p>UIS data are used to produce almost every flagship UN report, such as the Human Development Report (UNDP), World Development Report (World Bank), and State of the World鈥檚 Children (UNICEF), to name a few. In addition, many global indices, such as the Human Development Index and the World Competitiveness Index, could not be calculated without UIS data.</p> <p>The UIS also contributes data and analysis to major UNESCO initiatives and flagship reports, such as the Global Education Monitoring Report, the UNESCO Science Report and the UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity.</p> <p><strong>Examples of global databases and key indices that use UIS data:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sustainable Development Goal indicators (<a href="http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/" target="_blank">United Nations Statistical Division</a>)</li> <li>World Inequality Database on Education (<a href="http://www.education-inequalities.org/" target="_blank">Global Education Monitoring Report</a>)</li> <li>Human Development Index (<a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi" target="_blank">UNDP</a>)</li> <li>EDStatsdatabase (<a href="http://datatopics.worldbank.org/education/" target="_blank">World Bank</a>)</li> <li>Gender Inequality Index聽(<a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii">UNDP</a>)</li> <li>UNDatadatabase (<a href="http://data.un.org/" target="_blank">UNSD</a>)</li> <li>World Development Indicators聽(<a href="http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators" target="_blank">World Bank</a>)</li> <li>Global Innovation聽Index Report聽(<a href="http://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=GII-Home" target="_blank">INSEAD and WIPO</a>)</li> <li>Global Gender Gap (<a href="https://www.weforum.org/reports">World Economic Forum</a>)</li> <li>ICT Development Index聽(<a href="http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/" target="_blank">ITU</a>)</li> <li>European Innovation Scoreboard (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/innovation/facts-figures/scoreboards_en">European Commission</a>)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples of global reports based on UIS data:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Global Education Monitoring Report聽(<a href="https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/" target="_blank">UNESCO</a>)</li> <li>Human Development Report聽(<a href="http://hdr.undp.org/en/global-reports">UNDP</a>)</li> <li>Sustainable Development Goals聽Report聽(<a href="http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/publications/mdg-report-2014.html" target="_blank">UN DESA</a>)</li> <li>State of the World's Children (<a href="http://www.unicef.org/sowc/" target="_blank">UNICEF</a>)</li> <li>World Development Report (<a href="http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/0,,contentMDK:20227703~pagePK:478093~piPK:477627~theSitePK:477624,00.html" target="_blank">World Bank</a>)</li> <li>Global Competitiveness Report聽(<a href="https://www.weforum.org/reports">World Economic Forum</a>)</li> <li>Global Gender Gap聽(<a href="https://www.weforum.org/reports">World Economic Forum</a>)</li> <li>UNESCO Science Report (<a href="http://en.unesco.org/unesco_science_report">UNESCO</a>)</li> </ul> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> 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