WHAT

AGU Fall Meeting Presentation: Leaving No One Off The Map In Practice: How Can Gridded Population Data Help Governments Meet The Sustainable Development Goals?

WHERE

Online

WHEN

Friday, December 11th from 7:00 pm EST to 8:00 pm EST

About the Event

To develop policies and programs, policymakers often depend on traditional data sources, such as household surveys and population censuses. However, in many countries, these data sources can often be years, even decades out of date. Fortunately, gridded population data are being used to supplement these data sources and enable countries to produce more timely data for decision-making. Despite this progress, there remains confusion or simply lack of awareness about gridded population data. To help narrow this knowledge gap, earlier this year, SDSN TReNDS released the report, "Leaving No One Off the Map: A Guide for Gridded Population Data for Sustainable Development" on behalf of the POPGRID Collaborative. During the AGU fall meeting, TReNDS' Maryam Rabiee will present insights from this report as well as review how the POPGRID Collaborative is working with the National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE, to use gridded population datasets to strengthen their poverty measurements.