A 60-SECOND GUIDE - Informing a Data Revolution
10101 10101 10101 10101 10101 10101 10000 01 10101 11101 01000 01010 01000 11 00010 01000 00010 1011 01010 00100 010 01010 01010 0101 00011 10100 10000 00010 01010 11010 01001 01011 10 01000 10101 00101 10010 INFORMING A DATA REVOLUTION A ROAD MAP FOR A COUNTRY-LED DATA REVOLUTION Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century A 60-SECOND GUIDE A data revolution is under way worldwide. But it is not reaching every country and not yet benefitting everyone. Who is being left behind? Mostly least developed countries and their national statistical offices, making it harder for them to design effective development policies, programmes and services. Although eager to join the data revolution, these governments are often short of resources and unprepared to manage the data deluge. PARIS21’s Road Map for a Country-led Data Revolution is a step-bystep guide for developing countries to overcome their challenges, exploit existing structures and innovations – and spark a tailor-made data revolution for each country. What is the data revolution? The data revolution is an “explosion” in the volume and production of data matched by a “growing demand for data from 10101 all parts of society” . But a data revolution that works for developing countries is not just about generating more data. It 01001 must also bridge global inequalities in access to and use of data, allow development progress to be monitored and ensure 10101 governments can be held accountable. In short, it must provide the right data to the right people at the right time and in the right format. 01111 01010 00010 Why Isn’t The Data Revolution Reaching Developing Countries? 101 00101 11111 PARIS21’s Informing a Data Revolution project carried out research in more than 30 developing countries and identified a 01001 number of widespread statistical challenges, including: • Too little investment in people, skills and infrastructure. 00101 • Data are not adequately disseminated and used. 10101 • National statistical offices are undervalued. 10111 • Aid for statistics often does not match national priorities and is fragmented. 01010 010 01100 01010 It Is Realistic To Expect The Least Developed Countries To Join The Data Revolution? 010 01111 Absolutely. In fact, the foundations are already in place. Increases 01010 in mobile phone penetration, innovations and the proliferation 01010 of technology are making it possible for developing countries to 01010 catch up with — and even surpass— high-income countries in the amount and quality of data used for policy-making. Further101 more, PARIS21 and its partners estimate that, as a first step, the 77 00101 IDA countries only need an additional US$200 million in external 11111 finance annually to be able to produce the data for the 17 proposed 01001 Sustainable Development Goals. That is less than 0.1% of the yearly 00101 amount given to charity by people in the United States. 10101 10111 01010 010 01100 01010 010 Source: Cookbook for a socio-demographic basket: Constructing key performance indicators with digital breadcrumbs, Bruckschen, Schmid, and Zbiranski (2014). 0101 0101 0101 0101 0101 0101 0000 1 0101 1101 1000 1010 100 0010 1000 0010 011 1010 0100 10 1010 1010 101 0011 0100 0000 0010 1010 1010 1001 1011 0 1000 0000 0101 0101 1 0101 1001 0101 1111 1010 0010 01 0101 1111 1001 0101 0101 0111 1010 10 1100 1010 10 1111 1010 1010 1010 01 0101 1111 1001 0101 0101 0111 1010 10 1100 1010 What needs to be done? To bring all countries into the data revolution, PARIS21’s Road Map for a Country-led Data Revolution sets out a step-by-step action plan across four areas – capacity building; principles and standards; technology, innovation and analysis; and governance and leadership. Underpinning all this are three “big ideas”: 1. Increase official development assistance (ODA) for statistics from around 0.5% of ODA to around 1%; 2. Create a data compact where countries sign up to a set of basic principles and receive, in return for progress, improved financial and technical assistance. 3. Establish an annual Data for Sustainable Development Report to measure countries’ progress in developing their statistical capacity and to report on funding for statistics. But what can be done at the national level? Realistically if the data revolution is to reach developing countries, we must use existing resources and institutions – in other words, existing national statistical systems. The road map recommends some 30 actions for developing countries to strengthen their national statistical capacity. They span improvements in capacity building, principles and standards, technology and innovation and governance and leadership. To learn more about the recommendations and how PARIS21 can help countries implement them, visit: datarevolution.paris21.org. Did You Know? Just seven African countries have data on their total number of landholders and women landholders, and none have data from before 2004. In 2013, worldwide about 35% of all live births were not officially registered, a proportion rising to 62% in the least developed countries. Produced by PARIS21 and financed by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, A Road Map for a Country-led Data Revolution sets out a step-by-step plan to ensure developing countries join the data revolution. It is accompanied by two powerful tools. The Innovations Inventory (http://innovation.paris21.org) is a compendium of innovative solutions that can help fill data gaps, reduce costs and improve efficiency; the Metabase (http://metabase.paris21.org) is a database on the organisation, management and performance of national statistical systems to provide a baseline and a means for monitoring progress over time. About PARIS21 Founded in 1999, the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) promotes the better use and production of statistics throughout the developing world. PARIS21 facilitates statistical capacity development, advocates for the integration of reliable data in decision making, and coordinates donor support to statistics. The Partnership was established by the United Nations, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. 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