data for development

CAPACITY BUILDING: What programs (education/otherwise) are producing the expertise needed to work on data for development in Africa and individual countries?

CONDITIONS: What external conditions (geographic and or historical) have influenced data for development in Africa and individual countries?

INFRASTRUCTURES: What (social, institutional, political, funding) infrastructures have supported data for development in Africa and individual countries?

"Data for Sustainable Development"

AO: This UNDP report illustrates the positioning of "data" within development discourse as a means towards "progress". In the wake of widespread consensus that Development with a big D a la 1980s...Read more

META: What discourses shape the way people in this setting talk about and conceptualize qualitative data infrastructure and capacity, right-to-know, freedom of information, the potential of expanded public participation, and so on?

Report: UNDP Data ecosystems for sustainable development

Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

EVENTS: What events have marked/fueled the development of data for development in Africa and individual countries?

STAKEHOLDERS: Which actors have been involved in data for development in this in Africa and individual countries? Which actors should be involved and are currently missing from the D4D conversation? Who are the major users and beneficiaries of D4D?

FRAMEWORKS: What (continental/national/legal) frameworks have had strong influence on data for development in Africa and individual countries?

JUSTIFICATION: What reasons are given to describe why data for development is necessary?

KE: "Democratic governance"

AO: This interviewee from Kenya equates open governance with democratic governance. She mentioned that the Open Government Partnership has been important to help enable a space where people who...Read more

JUSTIFICATION: What reasons are given to describe why data for development is necessary?

Interview Transcript. Women's Empowerment. Kenya.

Querying Data for Development

CASE STUDIES: What projects and products exemplify how data for development is implemented in Africa and in the individual countries?

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<p>This shows the current Covid-19 pandemic, impactful interventions to contain the pandemic require fresh, accurate, reliable and in-depth data to inform decisions on containing this disease. Pathways International is collecting and aggregating Africa specific data on the spread of COVID-...Read more

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