CANBERRA — As organizations strive to better develop their programs, investment in good data practices is critical. Still, there remain barriers in the development sector that may prevent an organization from using data properly or achieving as much as they could.
At Devex World, Harpinder Collacott, executive director at Development Initiatives, Maria Ruth Jones, lead of Development Impact Evaluation Analytics at the World Bank, and Laura McGorman, global policy lead at the Facebook Data for Good portfolio, discussed how development organizations can become data-driven.
Expanding upon this discussion, Collacott and McGorman spoke with Devex about the skill sets organizations should pursue and the partnerships that can help build long-term success.