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?

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

BEGINNINGS: What stories have been told about the beginnings of data for development (in the country/in the region)?

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

CONDITIONS: What external conditions (geographic and or historical) have influenced 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?

FUTURES: How is the future of data for development envisioned? What are practical ways to operationalize key drivers for data for development to thrive in Africa and individual countries?

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

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EVENTS: What events have marked/fueled the development of 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

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

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