The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) recent Development Co-operation Report 2017 takes as its theme ‘Data for Development’. It describes the data landscape we should be aiming to operate in to help achieve the SDGs. But it does not set out a path to get us there. ODI’s new project Voices of the Poor, 2.0 may just help bridge the gap between where we are and where we need to be. A comprehensive assessmentThe OECD report presents a comprehensive assessment of what an ideal data ecosystem looks like and how its different elements (laws, systems, instruments, capacity, financing) should look. Their analysis leads to a six-pronged action plan for harnessing the power of data. |
