Harnessing the Data Revolution to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Enabling Frogs to Leap

Erol K. Yayboke - With Erin Nealer and Charles F. Rice

Before launching its second round of global goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the United Nations convened a High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. As part of its final report, the Panel called for a “data revolution” and recommended the formation of an independent body to lead the charge. In this report, CSIS and JICA-RI analyze the challenges and opportunities that exist in the pursuit of the data revolution. The report also considers two developing-country cases—Laos and Myanmar—in the broader context of what will be needed to enable “leapfrog” data technologies to take hold and ultimately drive the data revolution without following the linear progression of development laid out by countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Though not without its bumps and turns, the road to the data revolution is paved with promise and possibility.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Center for Strategic & International Studies

Pages: 74 • Trim: 8½ x 11¼

978-1-4422-8029-8 • Paperback • September 2017 • $56.00 • (£43.00)

978-1-4422-8030-4 • eBook • September 2017 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

Series: CSIS Reports

Subjects: Political Science / Security (National & International), Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development

Harnessing the Data Revolution to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Enabling Frogs to Leap

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Summary

Before launching its second round of global goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the United Nations convened a High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. As part of its final report, the Panel called for a “data revolution” and recommended the formation of an independent body to lead the charge. In this report, CSIS and JICA-RI analyze the challenges and opportunities that exist in the pursuit of the data revolution. The report also considers two developing-country cases—Laos and Myanmar—in the broader context of what will be needed to enable “leapfrog” data technologies to take hold and ultimately drive the data revolution without following the linear progression of development laid out by countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Though not without its bumps and turns, the road to the data revolution is paved with promise and possibility.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Center for Strategic & International Studies

Pages: 74 • Trim: 8½ x 11¼

978-1-4422-8029-8 • Paperback • September 2017 • $56.00 • (£43.00)

978-1-4422-8030-4 • eBook • September 2017 • $53.00 • (£41.00)

Series: CSIS Reports

Subjects: Political Science / Security (National & International), Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development