In the year since warning that the USAID cuts would result in a data crisis where some countries would lose access, for example, to critical health data, how have those systems and countries actually fared?
The global statistical community has reached a fork in the road, facing a strategic choice between two broad paths. This paper provides a framework for informed debate about legitimacy, financing, risk and equity as we chart a new course towards sustainable and inclusive data systems.
How can and must a decade of open science practices evolve as AI reshapes what’s possible? Four takeaways from this year’s “Measuring Development Conference”.
At the Global Data Festival, Open Data Watch leads discussions on how to use technologies like AI for citizen data, how to strengthen data systems under pressure, and why peer networks are so essential to the infrastructure for sustainable progress.
As countries like Kazakhstan prepare for the next round of ODIN, the focus is not only on measuring progress but also on supporting it.
Tracing the evolution of the global gender data ecosystem, this Reflection Report looks back on more than a decade of Data2X’s work and contributions to advancing more inclusive data for effective policymaking as Data2X enters its next chapter with ODW.
Tracing the evolution of the global gender data ecosystem, this Reflection Report looks back on more than a decade of Data2X’s work and contributions to advancing more inclusive data for effective policymaking as Data2X enters its next chapter with ODW.
In mid-May, the ODIN 2026/27 assessments of the coverage and openness of official statistics will begin. Covering 197 countries, this year’s round includes several important updates.
In mid-May, the ODIN 2026/27 assessments of the coverage and openness of official statistics will begin. Covering 197 countries, this year’s round includes several important updates.
Two major global conferences, the UN Statistical Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women, underscore that data systems are under strain, but propose ways to rethink how they can be strengthened, financed and used effectively.