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The Mobile Phone Data for Policy Program Launches first Cohort Workshop

Project Update

After a competitive application process, task teams from 18 countries were selected to join the first Cohort of the MPD-GDF Program. During the launch workshop, teams will develop their strategic implementation plans to put Mobile Phone Data to work for Policy.

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The Global Data Facility releases its inaugural Annual Report

Publication

On March 1, 2024, the Global Data Facility (GDF) released its inaugural Annual Report for January-December 2023. The report details key progress toward the umbrella trust fund's commitment to help finance data-powered development to enable better lives on a livable planet. Thanks to the generous thought-leadership, support, and trust of our partners, the GDF’s impact is already being felt on issues that directly affect the most vulnerable among us.

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Data must fuel gender equality. Here’s how to do it.

Blog post

Gender data enables policy makers and businesses to take evidence-based decisions that increase women’s well-being, access to economic opportunities and overall development outcomes. At the World Bank Group, task teams rely on gender data to inform new operations, track progress and advocate for change. Consider these success stories on how data drives global knowledge and impact.

Mobile phone data can provide crucial insights for development policy.

International Telecommunication Union and the World Bank’s Development Data Group Announce Collaboration on Mobile Phone Data for Policy

Project update

At the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium in July 2023, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Bank’s Development Data Group announced a new collaboration to put Mobile Phone Data (MPD) to work for policy. The collaboration aims to provide programmatic funding and support through the World Bank-hosted Global Data Facility to integrate MPD into the national data systems of 30 countries by 2030

Craig Hammer gives an interview about the Global Data Facility at UN World Data Forum 2023.

UN World Data Forum 2023 interview on data financing and the Global Data Facility

Interview

Craig Hammer (Senior Program Manager at the World Bank's Development Data Group and manager of the Global Data Facility) sat down for an interview during the 2023 UN World Data Forum in Hangzhou, China to discuss challenges and opportunities around data financing, as well as the Global Data Facility's role in providing funding for the world's most critical data impact opportunities.

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UN World Data Forum Blog: "Putting Mobile Phone Big Data to Work for Policy and Official Statistics"

Blog post

"The World Bank-hosted Global Data Facility aims to boost programmatic funding and support to integrate the use of MPD for official statistics and policy planning into 30 national data systems by 2030. The Global Data Facility is an innovative global funding instrument designed to enable long-term support and transform data ecosystems and data capital in low- and middle-income countries."

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Unlocking Impact: Data with Purpose

A 2022 UN General Assembly event

On September 22, 2022, during the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and World Bank Managing Director for Development Policy and Partnerships, Mari Pangestu, convened a multi-stakeholder High-Level Event titled “Unlocking Impact: Data with Purpose.”

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“INVESTMENT CASE: Multiplying progress through data ecosystems”

Report

A new report, conducted by Dalberg and published by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, demonstrates that every dollar invested in data systems creates an average of $32 in economic benefits. In addition, the research shows that stronger data systems drive a diverse range of powerful benefits.

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Microsoft expresses support for the World Bank and UN’s “Data with Purpose” campaign

Blog post

"We will continue to work with the UN and World Bank on their efforts to strengthen data systems and to improve the capabilities and policies of countries and organizations globally to produce, share and consume high-quality data responsibly, thus helping governments to enable measurement and realization of the SDGs."

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World Bank Data Blog: “Decades of learning and experience from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building to inform the new Global Data Facility”

Blog post

“The Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building experiences inform the work of the Global Data Facility (GDF), the new World Bank-hosted fund to support data and statistics priorities at the global, regional, national, and community levels. […] The GDF builds and expands on the impactful legacy of its predecessor.”

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Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics: “Toward a new, collaborative global financing architecture for fragile, low- and middle-income countries’ data priorities”

Journal article

“A collective, high-level effort is now being mobilized by senior leadership of the World Bank and the United Nations, in close collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, to join forces to increase global investments in fragile, low-and-middle-income countries’ data priorities and to better put data to work for green, resilient, inclusive development.”

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International Monetary Fund announces $1.2 million contribution to Global Data Facility

Partnership update

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a $1.2 million contribution to the Global Data Facility in July 2022.

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The Guardian: "Policymakers need data about us despite privacy fears"

Opinion piece

“Two other ingredients are needed. The first is money, because after a 10-year period in which aid for data systems has flatlined there is now a financing gap of more than $1bn (£800m). For donor countries, spending money on statisticians is simply not as glamorous as spending money on a new hospital, even though better data would lead to better health care. The World Bank and the UN launched a campaign last week to raise at least $500m over the next 10 years, which they believe could act as the catalyst for billions of dollars of overseas development assistance and private sector funding.”

Kentaro Ogata, "Putting Data to Work for People and Planet," 2022 WB Spring Meetings

Japan announces $5 million contribution to Global Data Facility

Partnership update

Highlighting the increased debt sustainability risks of developing countries and the importance of enhanced debt transparency with accurate data, Kentaro Ogata, Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs of Japan, announced a contribution of $5 million to the Global Data Facility to strengthen data reporting and recording at the national and international level during his remarks at “Putting Data to Work For People and Planet: A Joint Call to Action” in April, 2022.

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European Commission announces €2 million contribution to Global Data Facility

Partnership update

During “Putting Data to Work For People and Planet: A Joint Call to Action” in April 2022, Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director-General of International Partnerships at the European Commission, announced a €2 million contribution to the Global Data Facility. In her intervention, Ms. Jager emphasized the need for a more strategic and aligned collective engagement on data and statistics to understand countries’ needs and improve country-level data systems.

Speakers at Putting Data to Work for People and Planet during the 2022 WB Spring Meetings.

Putting Data to Work for People and Planet: A Joint Call to Action

A 2022 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings event

On April 27, 2022, during the 2022 World Bank Spring Meetings, the World Bank Group Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Carmen Reinhart, World Bank Managing Director for Development Policy and Partnerships, Mari Pangestu, and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, convened a High-Level Roundtable to create a new coalition on investing in "Data with Purpose."



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Speakers at Putting Data to Work for People and Planet during the 2022 WB Spring Meetings.
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Putting Data to Work for People and Planet: A Joint Call to Action

Watch the highlights of the 2022 World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings event.

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Unlocking Impact: Data with Purpose

Watch the scene-setting high-level conversation with Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed and Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, Mari Pangestu.