Guest author, Grant Cameron, highlights emerging lessons from national statistical offices during the Covid-19 pandemic and shares key focus areas to further support NSOs’ resilience and modernization. These include: the development of a business continuity framework; the documentation of successful processes and pathways for real-time NSO engagement with policymakers; and the development of strategies that reinforce modernization post-Covid-19.
Read MoreCovid-19 has brought to light many of the barriers to evidence-based and data-based policy-making. In this blog, SDSN TReNDS’ expert member, Jonathan Glennie, explores these barriers and shares what’s needed to overcome them.
Read MoreWith the emergence of populist regimes pushing back on facts, TReNDS member, Jonathan Glennie, reflects on how intergovernmental institutions, including the UN, can play a role in countering data deniers and holding governments accountable.
Read MoreAs the 73rd UN General Assembly kicks off in New York, Jonathan Glennie reflects on how making data central to its mission would make the UN more relevant than ever.
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