Report
Delivering on a Data Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
Policy File
24 Jun 2014
Abstract
Despite improvements in censuses and household surveys, the building blocks of national statistical systems in sub-Saharan Africa remain weak. Measurement of fundamentals such as births and deaths, growth and poverty, taxes and trade, land and the environment, and sickness, schooling, and safety is shaky at best. The challenges are fourfold: (1) national statistics offices have limited independence and unstable budgets, (2) misaligned incentives encourage the production of inaccurate data, (3) donor priorities dominate national priorities, and (4) access to and usability of data are limited. The Data for African Development Working Group's recommendations for reaping the benefits of a data revolution in Africa fall into three categories: (1) fund more and fund differently, (2) build institutions that can produce accurate, unbiased data, and (3) prioritize the core attributes of data building blocks.
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- Title
- Delivering on a Data Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Creators
- Amanda GlassmanAlex Ezeh
- Publication Details
- Policy File
- Publisher
- Center for Global Development
- Resource Type
- Report
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Other Identifier
- 991020531980904721