The Global Data Facility works to realize the new global vision on data envisaged by the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives as well as the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data to help the world’s 74 poorest countries improve lives and protect the planet.
Below are some areas of work the Global Data Facility supports to turn these aspirations into reality:
Build the capacity of government and non-government actors through technical assistance so they can more effectively use data across their full “life cycle”—including data production, dissemination, access, analysis, and use/reuse—to improve lives and safeguard the planet.
Leverage frontier data sources and tools for development so governments around the world can use alternative and cutting-edge data collection modes and sources, as well as develop, adopt, and scale new analytical tools to use more and better administrative data for data-driven decision-making.
Ensure that data are safeguarded as a global public good and as a resource to achieve equitable and sustainable development by fostering a new global consensus on data through its support for standard-setting and partnership-cultivating activities.
Facilitate demand-driven data research, knowledge curation, and dissemination to promote customized approaches to data, as well as responsible open data and open access practices.
Help governments modernize and transform their data systems through operational approaches, including increasing coordination and alignment among different actors and across relevant sectors, so nations can effectively respond to the challenges of our times.
Prioritize inclusive data and closing data gaps so governments can strengthen data on all groups within populations and counting the hitherto uncounted, as well as promote the systematic mainstreaming of gender equality in the data life cycle.
