| A Matter of Trust: Building Integrity into Data, Statistics and Records to Support the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals Contributor(s): Thurston, Anne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1912250349 ISBN-13: 9781912250349 Publisher: University of London Press OUR PRICE: $41.57 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Computers | Databases - Data Mining - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.900 |
| LCCN: 2020479890 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals initiative has the potential to set the direction for a future world that works for everyone. Approved by 193 United Nations member countries in September 2016 to help guide global and national development policies through the year 2030, the seventeen goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, but also include new priority areas, such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace, and justice. Assessed against commonly agreed targets and indicators, the goals should facilitate inter-governmental cooperation and the development of regional and even global development strategies. This book explores, through a series of case studies, the substantial challenges for assembling reliable data and statistics to address pressing development challenges, particularly in Africa. By highlighting the enormous potential value of creating and using high quality data, statistics, and records as an interconnected resource and describing how this can be achieved, the book will contribute to defining meaningful and realistic global and national development policies in the critical period to 2030. |