April 17, 2015
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April 1, 2015
Fueling the Data Revolution: an Africa Data Consensus
What areas in Africa have the most critical lack of data and what needs to be done about it? What lessons can be learned from existing data innovations in Africa? What other data revolution principles and concrete actions should Africa adopt? How do we reinforce the data capacity of African development actors?
August 4, 2014
Why African Stats Are Often Wrong
As African leaders meet in Washington this week, one issue is not on the agenda: the poor quality of basic economic and social data in the region.
July 24, 2014
Better Data in Rwanda
Our recent report, Delivering on the Data Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa, calls for donors and countries to better align their funding and activities around national statistics priorities to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and availability of data.
July 7, 2014
Delivering on the Data Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the term “data revolution” was brandished in the High-Level Panel report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, there has been a flurry of activity to define, develop, and drive an agenda to transform the way development statistics are collected, used, and shared the world over. And this makes sense — assessing the new development agenda, regardless of its details, will need accurate data.
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