All posts tagged "statistics"

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  Better data needed to address gender inequality in education, global experts say  

  Education leaders from around the world have called for better data to advance gender equality in learning. During a session at UNESCO’s inaugural Conference on Education Data and Statistics –

  • Posted February 18, 2024
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  Sea change: data-driven decisions in a post-pandemic world

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating in the second session

  • Posted July 25, 2023
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  More information but less influence? A dilemma for government finance departments

  Fast-increasing access to data gives treasuries the tools to provide better targeted services, more effective policies and more comprehensive reporting. But at the Global Government Finance Summit, senior leaders worried

  • Posted December 15, 2022
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  Finland’s stats chief Markus Sovala: from challenging employee to change leader 

  Dr Markus Sovala is one year into his five-year term as Statistics Finland’s director general. He tells Mia Hunt about his priorities for the agency – enabling its customers to

  • Posted June 24, 2022
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  How can intelligent decisioning help build the government of the future?

  Effective government rests on the ability to make fast, fair, and accurate decisions. In today’s fast-moving digital society, how can government departments keep pace with the velocity, volume and variety

  • Posted November 5, 2020
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  Asking the right questions: an interview with Canada’s stats chief, Anil Arora

  When the pandemic struck, Canada’s stats agency was barred from doing doorstep surveys – just as agencies from across government came knocking in search of information. Its chief Anil Arora

  • Posted October 29, 2020
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  Amidst the pandemic, African statistics are better than you think

  Africa’s statisticians have done a remarkable job of gathering data on the pandemic, say Ghana’s chief statistician and the head of PARIS21. With more funding, they could go much further

  • Posted September 29, 2020
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  2020 vision: how data can paint a picture of the pandemic

  Around the world, governments are struggling to respond to this novel, fast-moving and catastrophic pandemic. At a recent GGF webinar, an international panel explored how data can reveal COVID’s behaviour

  • Posted August 26, 2020
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  Unless every country has good data, we won’t beat future pandemics

  No country can tackle COVID-19 without a clear picture of the disease’s development and impact, says Johannes Jütting. Less developed nations, he argues, must be helped to acquire the funds

  • Posted July 2, 2020
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  Spain gathers anonymised phone tracking data to shape public services

  The Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE) is using location data from millions of mobile phones to gain insights into citizens’ movements. The aim is to enable government to better manage

  • Posted December 30, 2019
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