Data & Transparency

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Blog Post
Addressing Cross-Border Spillovers in Data Policy: The Need for a Global Approach
February 03, 2021
Global debates about data governance standards have primarily reflected the priorities and needs of rich countries, with less wealthy countries left in the role of “standards takers.” More needs to be done to ensure that digital governance policies pursued by the world’s largest economies do not cre...
Blog Post
Governing Data for Development: Where Are We Now?
November 12, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust digital issues into the spotlight by highlighting the importance of government access to accurate and timely information for public health surveillance and accelerating the shift towards a digital-first approach in many countries, due to the need to provide services ...
POLICY PAPERS
Governing Data for Development: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
November 12, 2020
To better understand how governments can use data to support economic development and inclusive growth while protecting citizens and communities against harm, we interviewed over 40 data policy experts from government, civil society, the private sector, development organizations, and the data privac...
CGD NOTES
Link It, Open It, Use It: Changing How Education Data Are Used to Generate Ideas
September 14, 2020
In this note, I discuss a new approach to how national administrative education data—records of school census, public exams, school inspection, teacher payroll, and other operational matters, collected on routine basis—are integrated, shared, and used to generate knowledge.
Blog Post
Aid Transparency During COVID-19: Henry Asor Nkang and Gary Forster on the CGD Podcast
July 29, 2020
Henry Asor Nkang from Nigeria's Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning and Publish What You Fund CEO Gary Forster join me on the podcast to discuss the current state of aid data transparency, the impacts of the pandemic, and how countries and donors can use data to improve developme...
Blog Post
“Break the Roles” by Breaking Open Pay Data
May 27, 2019
This year's Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit will focus on the linkages between gender equality, inclusion, and open government through its "Break the Roles" campaign.
Blog Post
From Open Oil to Open Everything? The 7 C’s of Using Open Models for Contract Negotiation
Maya Forstater
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Johnny West
October 15, 2018
When companies and governments sit down to negotiate the terms for major deals with the private sector, workhorse spreadsheet models are what underpin projections of revenues, costs, and profits over time. Both companies and government agencies should have their own models. But in practice, on the g...