For example, education may be under funded as a result of the country’s poor economic situation, but if the allocated budget for education falls below the area’s average, the country may not be living up to the requirement to invest resources to the maximum extent possible;
■■National statistics;
■■Administrative data: Government ministries also typically gather data that relate directly to their own mandates;
■■Data from commissions of inquiry and other bodies that may commission studies that generate useful information;
■■NGOs often carry out research and other studies. Inter governmental organizations do the same.