FROM DATA
Empowering development
with open, comprehensive,
and inclusive data.
FROM DATA
TO ACTION
Empowering
development with
open, comprehensive,
and inclusive data.
For the development data community, 2025 was a defining year, marked by disruption and reinvention, major funding cuts, political shifts, and unprecedented strains on data systems just when demand for data reached all-time highs.
This major analytical report examines not only the diverse global impacts of the abrupt withdrawal of development assistance in early 2025, triggering a systemic shock to global health data systems, but also paths to recovery.
Open Data Watch is an international, non-profit organization working at the intersection of open data and official statistics. Our work supports institutional change to build a world where data systems not only inform policies and track progress but also reflect and respect the people they serve. We deliver a wide range of services across three intersecting areas of work: policy advice, data support, and monitoring. Discover some of ODW’s contributions below:
The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) monitors the availability and openness of official statistics to help countries identify and address gaps.
The Data Value Chain clarifies the complex path of how raw data ultimately results in concrete impacts that improve lives.
The Gender Data Compass serves as a practical guide to understand national gender data systems and their enabling environment.
The Intersectional Data Framework highlights how inclusive data systems can address inequalities and empower communities for better development outcomes.
Building an Enabling Environment for Gender Data Use
Analyzing multi-layer interactions of a successful enabling environment. this brief diagnoses critical factors for facilitating movement from collection and publication of gender data to its use and impact,
Promoting Gender Data for Greater Impact
This brief shares examples of how gender data are shaping policies and actions around the world, and how collaborative efforts by a wide range of groups can substantially improve gender data use and impact.
Strengthening National Statistics Through Openness
In the fast changing global data environment, the need to integrate and provide access to official and new data sources makes open data principles and practices more important than ever. Modules from recent expert workshops provide practical guidance on how to strengthen national statistical systems through openness.