Following the first ever United Nations World Data Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, last week, an emerging group of donors led by the U.K.’s Department for International Development and the World Bank is calling for greater data disaggregation — a breakdown of development figures based on characteristics such as gender and geography.
The more profound level of detail is needed to ensure that pockets of neediness are not overlooked in examining average progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, advocates say.
Disaggregation is “what’s going to tell us what’s actually going on as opposed to how averages are performing,” Dominic Haslam, director of policy and strategy at Sightsavers told Devex.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
