The World Bank’s World Development Report 2016 “Digital Dividends” includes several references to the Data Revolution. It says that even as digital technologies have spread rapidly in the world, the digital dividends — the broader development benefits from these technologies — have lagged behind and been unevenly distributed. It notes that much needs to be done to…
Open Data for Development (OD4D) announces the Africa Open Data Collaboration Fund which provides funding for the Africa Open Data Community to advance the African Data Revolution….(more)
The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development is poised to transform the way governments, citizens, and companies do business. The revolution is being defined by the explosion in availability of data resources…
As we approach the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, there is significant discussion about eliminating gender gaps in data, using data to measure and track SDGs, and promoting country and regional capacity…
Executive Summary: In this article, we describe a new approach to assessing the coverage and accessibility of the datasets most pertinent to managing and monitoring the social, economic, and environmental development of a country.
The landmark report by the Independent Expert Advisory Group to the United Nations Secretary General — A World That Counts: Mobilizing the data revolution for sustainable development — spotlights the increasing demands and opportunities for national…
As plans for the Sustainable Development Goals coalesce, it becomes increasingly clear that data are a crucial piece to solving the puzzle of poverty eradication and…
This article reviews three indexes that assess the openness or quality of data produced by national governments. The Open Data Barometer (ODB) …
For the Data Revolution to truly be revolutionary, national governments need to take the lead in providing data about their country. For most countries, it is much easier to find data about a country through the websites of international organizations rather than through national websites.
The past two decades have seen efforts on multiple fronts to improve the quality and availability of what we will call development data: the statistical information needed for planning, monitoring, and assessing the social and economic development of a country. Although our focus is on poor developing countries, the same data are needed by rich…
