The Challenges of Data Collection and Use in Africa ......nowhere in the world is the need for better data more urgent than in sub-Saharan Africa — the region with perhaps the most potential for progress under a new development agenda. Despite a decade of rapid economic growth in most countries, the accuracy of the most basic data indicators such as GDP, number of kids attending school, and vaccination rates remains low, and improvements have been sluggish. Four main obstacles to greater progress on data in Africa: 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. 4. Access to and usability of data are limited. Brief: cgdev.org/publication/delivering-data-revolution-sub-saharan-africa
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:55:55 +0000
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