The Child development survey (or MICS) 2012 provides valuable information on the situation of children, women and men in Nalaikh district, for measuring fulfilment of their rights. It was based largely on the needs to monitor progress towards goals and targets, pertinent to recent international agreements: The Millennium Declaration, adopted by all 191 United Nations Member States in September 2000, and the Plan of Action of A World Fit For Children, adopted by 189 Member States at the United Nations Special Session on Children in May 2002. Both of these commitments build upon promises made by the international community at the 1990 World Summit for Children. OBJECTIVES The Nalaikh district’s “Child Development Survey-2012” (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey) has the following primary objectives: To provide up-to-date information for assessing at the district level the following national and international level policies and programmes A) the World Fit for Children Declaration B) Millennium Development Goals C) National Reproductive Health Programme To serve the baseline for UNICEF’s Country Programme 2012-2016 To build the capacity of the Statistics Department of the District.
