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Seven Years into SDG Implementation, What Should Be Next for the Data for Development Agenda?
Seven Years into SDG Implementation, What Should Be Next for the Data for Development Agenda?

At the halfway mark to 2030, there remains a great deal of attention and effort to improve the data and methods underlying the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator framework. The impetus to fill data gaps for the SDG indicators draws principally from the assumption that countries are planning and developing their policies with the SDG goals and targets as their guiding framework. As we enter 2023, our Director Grant Cameron takes stock of whether the SDGs have significantly impacted global and national policymaking and where should resources be directed to improve data for the SDGs over the next seven years.

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Insights, OpinionTReNDS Staffdata, SDGs, monitoring, data revolution
Data Experts Say New Sources Must Not Replace Traditional Data

TReNDS hosted an expert discussion on data for development on the sidelines of the 51st session of the UN Statistical Commission. The breakfast event took place on 3 March 2020, and featured remarks by several experts from the TReNDS network. The discussion highlighted as a key issue the lack of data currently available on SDG indicators, saying significant gaps exist in data timeliness, represented geographies, and other factors.

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NewsGuest ContributorSDGs, datasharing, dataprivacy, datastewardship, Counting on the World, data revolution, data financing, Earth observation, evidence-based policymaking, census, POPGRID, population monitoring, UN World Data Forum, real-time data, data stewardship, public-private partnerships
Here’s What’s Keeping Government From Using Private Sector Data

Increasingly, policymakers and the general public demand both timely and quality data so we can understand how the world is developing. But despite living in an era of unprecedented technological boom and innovation, the truth is that much our data is wildly out of date. Many claim there is a silver bullet. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) between governments and the data and technology giants, all supposedly sitting on a goldmine of big data just waiting to be tapped. But for every one of these exciting shiny examples, there is a graveyard of failed collaborations. Why do some data collaborations succeed while others fail, and what can be done to ensure more effective public-private data sharing and collaboration?  

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Insights, OpinionJessica EspeySDGs, datasharing, datastewardship, Counting on the World, data revolution, Contracts for Data Collaboration, Cepei, partnerships
When it Comes to Data for the SDGs, Money and Agreement are Still Lacking

Insights from a roundtable discussion hosted by SDSN TReNDS, identify how governments need to change to support the creation and maintenance of the data required to achieve the SDGs. The role of traditional versus new data collection methods, policy and regulatory needs for data governance, and what a national data ecosystem should look like were among the topics debated. The learnings from the roundtable, along with the report “Counting on the World to Act,” will provide analysis and evidence-based solutions for government actors to take the much-needed steps toward achieving the data revolution.

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NewsGuest ContributorSDGs, datasharing, dataprivacy, datastewardship, Counting on the World, data revolution, data financing, Earth observation, evidence-based policymaking, census
The Data Revolution Enters the Next Phase

We are on the cusp of another wave of disruptive technological innovation as 5G specifications, greater computing power, shrewd algorithms and very cheap internet-connected chips start to congregate around clever business ideas. If some estimates are to be believed, there’ll be a trillion devices connected to the internet by 2025. The sheer scale of connectivity will mean that our digital footprints will become significantly larger than they currently are, further blurring the lines between reality and cyberspace. If the snapshots of people’s lives in 2030 above were to materialise, what are the opportunities and risks inherent to those two realities? And, crucially for those of us who work in the data revolution for sustainable development, what are the things we need to start thinking about now to mitigate future risks?

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Insights, OpinionGuest ContributorSDGs, datasharing, dataprivacy, datastewardship, Counting on the World, data revolution