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The Global Partnership blog features commentary from in-house experts, and partners, with thought leadership on pressing issues in data for development. You will also find links to the latest Data Values Digest articles with thought-provoking posts from across the Data Values community on unlocking the value of data for all.

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The data crisis following USAID’s withdrawal: Opportunities to reimagine data systems

Network growth and evolving priorities: Trends and insights from our 2024-25 Partners’ Survey

Tackling FGM in Ghana: The role of inclusive data and policy

The latest from the Data Values Community

Sustainable development data needs good statistics officials–but how strong are their data skills?

José Antonio Mejía Guerra, Christian Schuster, Magdalena Rojas, Jan Meyer-Sahling, and Kim Mikkelsen share insights from their survey of 13,300 statistics officials in 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean on the skillsets of statistics officials.

Building trust through data in rural Nigeria

Digest #85 | Without data that helps governments understand the reality of disabled people’s lives, policies can leave critical needs unaddressed. Inclusive data can break this cycle, writes Zuliehat Ohunene Abdullahi.

Building AI with - not for - communities

Digest #84 | AI is one of the most promising technologies in decades for those working in international development, but new technologies cannot succeed in isolation, writes Ronda Železný-Green, PhD.