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Statistics are at the core of modern decision-making. They tell policymakers how many people are in the hospital, how the economy is doing, and by how much CO2 emissions are ascending. In the past year, their importance rose as official...
The third UN World Data Forum, held from 3-6 October in Bern, Switzerland, resulted in the Bern Data Compact for the Decade of Action on the SDGs. The Bern Compact calls for commitments in five areas: develop data capacity, establish data partnerships, produce data to leave no one behind, understand the world with data, and build trust in data. In the Compact, participants recognize the need for “fit-for-purpose” data to achieve the 2030 Agenda, with each data ecosystem stakeholder playing their part to achieve the common goal of “a world with data we trust .
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When the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out, national statistical offices (NSOs) around the world acted to suspend face-to-face interviews and asked staff to work from home, even though many lacked adequate technology for remote work.