The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) examines and challenges some underlying assumptions of the data revolution in order to guide future investments in data towards more effective solutions.
In the context of rising geopolitical tensions and shrinking development cooperation programs, the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) aims to chart the path for the next decade of development financing.
In an era of tightening budgets, growing debt burdens, and ambitious development goals, the role of data in shaping fair, effective, and accountable financing systems is back in the spotlight at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) this year looked at how data can drive change for women and girls, emphasizing that comprehensive, accessible, and inclusive data are essential both to making and tracking progress.
Topics at this year’s United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) ranged from the new System of National Accounts (SNA), to the 2030 Population and Housing Census, the new framework for Citizen Data, SDG progress, time use surveys, data financing, and the impact of AI. Six key takeaways emerged.
The world is off-track to meet 2030 SDGs, due in part to a persistent financing gap of $2.7-$4 trillion annually. Robust data systems can inform policy, shape solutions, ensure efficient public resource use, and drive private resource mobilization. But too often, national data and statistical systems face chronic underinvestment.
National data systems have grown significantly in the last decade, but still fall short in delivering actionable insights needed by policymakers to make better financing decisions for better development outcomes.
The recently published “Elements paper” for the outcome document of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) puts special focus on data and financing for data as a cornerstone of inclusive and evidence-based decision-making for sustainable development.
A special event during the UN General Assembly stresses that gender data and inclusivity must remain at the forefront of global discussion, action, and commitments.
Though leaving Gates Foundation, Melinda French Gates will continue to champion evidence-informed gender equality through her Pivotal Ventures group, with $1 billion for integration of gender equality into core values and practices at national, local, and global levels.