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There is no way that poverty can be fully tackled without policies designed to address the multiple disadvantages faced by people due to the combination of ascribed attributes including gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, migration status, and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). And it is central to the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) overarching objective of inclusive development or ‘leaving no one behind.’ This means that intersectionality must be captured in data ...

The status of civil registration in Africa shows that there is a need for more initiatives to engage more citizens in civil registration and vital statistics systems

In 14 African countries, the last population census was conducted before 2010, meaning that all planning in recent years has been based on estimates.

Only three African countries (Egypt, Mauritius, and Seychelles) have a death registration system that registers at least 90 per cent of...

UAE has the highest healthcare spending growth rate in the GCC

Analysis in English on World about Coordination and Epidemic; published on 9 Mar 2023 by Open Data Watch

/PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations (UN) World Data Forum (WDF) that concluded on Thursday in Hangzhou City, east Chinas Zhejiang Province, called for better...

On February 16 I tweeted that it was very difficult to find information due to Jamaica's poor data infrastructure. I proceeded to recommend an increase in the budget of the Statistical Institute o...

Seven years on from COP21, methodologies for delivering on national goals have grown more refined, but performances among countries vary. 

Achieving SDG 5 and other gender-related SDG targets will require robust data systems that can only be established through smarter and sustainable investments in data collection, analysis, and use. This necessitates renewed commitments by philanthropic and bilateral donors, governments, and international institutions to mobilize and track the flow of resources directed at strengthening country data systems.