Putting Data to Work for Sustainable Development (Billings, MT)

Putting Data to Work for Sustainable Development

Putting Data to Work for Sustainable Development New Methods to Understand Use March 31 2016 9am-11am (breakfast available at 8 30am) As countries strive to deliver results during the post-2015 sustainable development era the quality and usability of the data and evidence available to decision-makers is increasingly important. Responding to a call for a data revolution a growing diversity of organizations are producing both official and non-official sources of data in the hopes of supporting more effective policies and programs. However the knowledge on what drives actual development data use has lagged behind advances in data production. Which external and domestic sources of data and evidence are actually used by decision-makers in different countries policy domains and institutions -- and why At which stages of the policymaking process can data and evidence make the greatest contribution While important work is already taking place to answer these questions...