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South-South cooperation refers to technical cooperation among developing countries in the Global South. It is a tool used by countries, international organizations, academics, civil society, and the…
Today is World Statistics Day with the theme ‘Connecting the world with data we can trust’. We embrace this opportunity to take pause and consider what that means for Asia and the Pacific.
Our…
There is no doubt the current COVID-19 pandemic is a defining moment in our lifetime. How do we support the world after the pandemic to be better than what we will leave behind? This is the key…
Our lives have been upended by COVID-19. For many of us, the uncertainty is overwhelming, with countless questions and concerns.
A key question remains: how many people are dying from COVID-19?…
Escaping the gravitational pull of GDP
Meet the gravity defiers - the group of countries which have managed to decouple their SDG trajectories from the gravitational pull of national incomes.
The annual Sustainable Development Goals …
The state of implementation of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is monitored at the global level by using the Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, 169 targets and the 232…
The Asia-Pacific region, hosting two-thirds of the world’s growing population, is the powerhouse of global economic growth and industrialization. Coupled with pro-poor development policies, the…
Equipped with robust monitoring and indicator frameworks, national development policies can accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given this potential, much is at stake…
Connecting policymakers and data producers
It is often a case of the chicken or the egg dilemma when it comes to policy-data integration.
The lack of data is blamed for the absence of appropriate policies due to insufficient evidence,…