Measuring the SDGs – Is Big Data the solution?
June 27, 2016 | 17:00 h - 18:00 h
We cordially invite you to our next public lecture with
Mr. Johannes Jütting, Manager of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21),
on “Measuring the SDGs – Is Big Data the solution?”
Date: Monday, June 27, 2016, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung / Center for Development Research (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 53113 Bonn (see <link 2316>map</link>). Middle conference room.
Abstract:
With the adoption of the SDGs at UNGA in 2015, the international community has shifted the debate on the “what” to the “how” with measuring as a key component. The 230 unique indicators that underpin the global monitoring framework pose a huge challenge to national statistical offices everywhere – many of them had already difficult to measure the MDGs. In this context, “big data” is sometimes seen as an exciting opportunity to produce more date, quicker, more granular and cheaper with great potential for measuring the SDGs. The presentation will discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of big data from the perspective of national statistical offices and will put this into the larger context of the discussion data for development.
Speaker:
Johannes Jütting is Manager of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), a global data partnership that promotes the improved use and production of statistics throughout the developing world. He leads the partnership’s work in supporting developing countries as they strengthen capacity to better produce and use statistical data for policy-making and monitoring of development outcomes.
Mr. Jütting is a trained development economist with a PhD from Humboldt-University in Berlin with specific expertise in employment, social protection, health insurance and gender. Prior to joining PARIS21, Mr. Jütting headed up Poverty Reduction Teams at the OECD Development Centre and at the Centre for Global Development Research (ZEF).
Entrance to the lecture is free, no registration is required. We are looking forward to seeing you at ZEF on June 27!
