The Guardian: Measuring up: how open data could spur drive to meet the global goals — podcast transcript
“…When the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, were adopted in 2001 technology was not so advanced and this has meant huge gaps in the way they’ve been monitored. As we move into the Sustainable Developments Goals, or SDGs, we now have an opportunity to strengthen data for accountability and decision-making purposes. I’m Mark Anderson and in this month’s podcast I look at how innovative ways of collecting and using data can support developing countries in both implementing and monitoring the SDGs…” (11/11).