Challenges and drivers of sustained data use

Data for development practitioners from the diverse organizations participating in the focus groups were aligned in identifying the biggest challenges to sustained data use within LMICs.

Since UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a global effort to bring about a data revolution in sustainable development in 2014, it’s become increasingly clear that our personal data is not something abstract stored in cyberspace. To the contrary, current events have shown now more than ever the extent to which our data reflect ourselves and the ways data can be used both for and against us. Data holds power to improve lives. But it often can also be used against people.