Measuring and monitoring development outcomes require timely, reliable, comparable, relevant, and accessible, survey data.

But in many developing countries, survey programs rarely provide the necessary flow of reliable, timely, comparable and accessible data. The timing of national surveys is rarely optimal, data collection programs lack methodological consistency, and existing data often remain largely unexploited.

The Accelerated Data Program (ADP) was launched as a recommendation of the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics, to undertake urgent improvements needed for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals, by improving survey programs in participating countries.

The ADP is implemented as a partnership between PARIS21, the World Bank, and other international partners.