A Matter of Trust: Building Integrity into Data, Statistics and Records to Support the Sustainable Development Goals
University of London Press, 2020
Paper: 978-1-912250-34-9
Library of Congress Classification HD60.3.M38 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.90091724
Paper: 978-1-912250-34-9
Library of Congress Classification HD60.3.M38 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.90091724
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals initiative has the potential to set the direction for a future world that works for everyone. Approved by 193 United Nations member countries in September 2016 to help guide global and national development policies through the year 2030, the seventeen goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, but also include new priority areas, such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace, and justice. Assessed against commonly agreed targets and indicators, the goals should facilitate inter-governmental cooperation and the development of regional and even global development strategies. This book explores, through a series of case studies, the substantial challenges for assembling reliable data and statistics to address pressing development challenges, particularly in Africa. By highlighting the enormous potential value of creating and using high quality data, statistics, and records as an interconnected resource and describing how this can be achieved, the book will contribute to defining meaningful and realistic global and national development policies in the critical period to 2030.
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