On 26 July Claire Melamed, CEO of the Global Partnership, delivers the opening remarks at the multi-stakeholder round table on Data, monitoring, and follow-up as part of the first FfD4 PrepCom session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This takes place on the fifth and final day of the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), ahead of the 2025 conference in Madrid, Spain.
Data, including data on financing, is crucial for assessing progress and guiding actions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But investing in data can also bring substantial benefits through accelerating development progress, opening up new financing opportunities, and supporting more efficient and effective use of limited development budgets.
We have to build trust in official data and statistics. Making a policy without reliable facts is just difficult. Insufficient data has let government guessing about where to build schools or hospitals. I agree with Claire Melamed that data transform countries' prospects.
Sierra Leona Representative
Investments in data have high dividend (...) We should consider developing and establishing a financing indicator framework to contribute consistency to financing data.
Germany Representative
To address data gaps and enhance data quality in developing countries, we need to scale up investments in national statistics offices and capacity building.
Indonesia Representative
Watch the session on UN Web TV here.
