DATA AND EVIDENCE FOR CHILDREN As per MTR - By 2023, Governments in the Gulf countries have strengthened capacity to collect timely, quality and diss data, carry
out child-focused research and evaluation to inform policy, plans and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals.    By 2023,
 government ministries, academia and research institutions have strengthened capacities for child-focused research, analysis and
knowledge sharing., which contributes to Climate Change, Disaster Risks And Envionmental Degradation, Communication And Advocacy, Cross-Sectoral - Human Rights, Cross-Sectoral - Monitoring, Data And Situation Analyses, Cross-Sectoral - Monitoring, Data And Situation Analyses (Covid), Cross-Sectoral - Other Programme Areas, Evaluation, Protection From Violence, Exploitation, Abuse And Neglect, Research. UNICEF aims to achieve this through Data, Research, Evaluation And Knowledge Management, Evaluations, Research And Data, Partnerships And Engagement: Public And Private, United Nations Working Together. This contributes to the following Country Programme result: As per MTR - By 2023, public institutions carry out child-sensitive public policies informed by evidence and risks and improved
public finance analysis, benefiting the most vulnerable children.   By 2023, government capacity enhanced to generate evidence on
budgets and their linkages to child outcomes to improve budget allocations/expenditure for children.