Data for Development Profiles Official Development Assistance for Data and Statistical Systems.

• Author: OECD.
• Place / Publishing House: Paris : : OECD Publishing,, 2021.; Ã2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (166 pages)

Sound and timely data and statistics are essential for designing better policies for better lives. When the right data are available and used by policy makers, they play a crucial role in managing crises, as revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Insights from the Data for Development profiles -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- Insights from the Data for Development Profiles of DAC members -- Development co-operation for data and statistics -- Key insights from the profiles -- Insight # 1: DAC members' overarching thematic and geographic priorities drive funding of data and statistics -- Data-related support is spread across institutions -- Digital strategies highlight data challenges and opportunities -- Long-standing geographic priorities bear out in support for data and statistics -- Insight # 2: DAC members increasingly invest in sectoral data and statistics -- A closer look at evolutions in sectoral support -- Programmatic and budget support can incentivise support for general/core statistical capacities -- Insight # 3: ODA to data and statistics is increasingly concentrated in fragile states -- ODA is increasingly concentrated in Africa... -- ...and in fragile contexts -- Insight # 4: Project-type interventions are preferred to joint-funding mechanisms -- Stable but evolving engagement in joint funding mechanisms -- Multilateral channels are often used in low-income countries and fragile contexts -- Insight # 5: Country ownership drives successful results -- Regional programmes are emerging as relevant and efficient -- Approaches to supporting country ownership are evolving, going beyond national government -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- References -- Notes -- Data for Development Profiles -- Data for Development Profiles -- Australia -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Illustrative programmes and projects -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus.

Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Canada -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Denmark -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Note -- European Union -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Italy -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Japan -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Korea -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Norway -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Poland -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Note -- Portugal -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Sweden -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Switzerland -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- United Kingdom -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- United States -- Strategies, actors and funding -- United States Agency for International Development -- United States Millennium Challenge Corporation -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Methodology.

How was ODA for data and statistics identified? -- General remarks -- Other sources -- Japan's support to IMF capacity development -- Korea's partnerships with the World Bank and the IMF -- Results -- How was providers' ODA to data and statistics matched to statistical domains? -- Matching purpose codes to statistical domains -- Matching based on text mining of project titles -- Matching based on implementing agency -- Results -- What are the policy markers and policy objectives? -- What is "country-allocable" support? -- How are countries classified by income group and by fragility status? -- References -- Notes.