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Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development
Project, 24 August 2022
Esther Atieno prepares dinner for her family in Kisumu City, Kenya, using a jiko kisasa (firewood stove). Without city-wide data on electricity and fuel use available from utilities and companies, cities can survey a set of households on their energy use and extrapolate the results (Photo: Peter Kapuscinski/World Bank)
Global to local: supporting cities to meet the New Urban Agenda
… to take a 'one size fits all' approach. Measuring them often requires data and skills that smaller cities don't have and can't afford to … measuring indicators for cities where large-scale surveys or advanced data methods just won't work.  Creating a space to share knowledge, … three workable alternatives:  Sample-based systems:  Where municipal data are not available, cities can audit a statistically representative …
Insight, 23 March 2018
A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars
Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable
… ninth most common cause of premature deaths in India.  According to data in Urban India 2015: Evidence , a publication by the Indian … States. On average, 56 pedestrians died every day , according to data released by the government in 2017. Urban India 2015: Evidence also … responsibility for transport, including generating reliable transport data. As Indian mobility continues to transform, this is a prime time to …
Insight, 05 June 2019
There is no government-provided water connection in the Shivaji Nagar slum area of Raipur. Under UN definitions, a household has "improved provision" for water even if it only has access to a public tap or standpipe. (Photo: indiawaterportal.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
… much of the supporting evidence for these claims is based on faulty statistics or heroic guesses where there is no data. I focus on urban areas since this is where I work. It may be that … changes in slum populations by year? Censuses can reveal detailed data about 'slums' but they take place only every ten years – and many …
Insight, 03 December 2013
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… their decision?  Did they have a full set of natural capital data showing the contribution the wetlands made to the economy and … going beyond measuring wealth by GDP alone to collect natural capital data that give a much truer picture of the contribution that natural … Management Authority (NEMA) , the NPA, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) , the IDEEA group , IIED and UNEP-WCMC . The project …
Insight, 09 January 2019
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Broadening poverty definitions in India: Basic needs in urban housing
… that rent accommodations are treated differently in India's poverty statistics from those who are owners. Drawing on data from two very large, official, nationally-representative surveys, … slums, but substantial in listed and non-slum communities as well. Data from renting households are used to calculate the costs of housing …
Publication, 01 January 2011
Aerial view of informal settlement
Reducing urban poverty – lessons not learnt?
… scale and depth of urban poverty is underestimated in most official statistics. Most poverty lines are income-based and set far too low in … The mapping and enumeration of informal settlements provides detailed data on the different aspects of poverty in each settlement – and often … The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals call for more disaggregated data – but they do not recognise the importance of community-led data …
Insight, 10 August 2021
IIED's Communications Learning Week participants (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)
More haste less speed? Taking time to learn
… people to explain what natural capital accounting is, what kind of data the process yields, and how these data play a part in showing the value added by this sector to overall … probably not have the time, and in any case, unless they work in the statistics office, they might well give up after a couple of pages. A …
Insight, 07 August 2018
More than 70 people joined the webinar about evaluation and voluntary national reviews. You can watch a recording of the webinar at the bottom of this page (Image: IIED)
Evaluations, reviews and assessments are key to embedding the SDGs
… of any kind – of problem definition, of issue formulation, of data control, of information use. For example, the interaction of the … very good evaluative practices. Many countries noted that they lack data and need to improve their statistical reporting system if they are … the 2030 Agenda. We all know that the more we try to disaggregate data, the more they can become unreliable and undermine the ability to …
Insight, 19 July 2017
A Coca-Cola sign outside a small town in Benin. Bloomberg’s new health initiative will support cities to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, but this isn't the biggest health challenge facing low-income urban residents (Photo: Lorena Pajares, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bloomberg and public health: did he get it right?
… facing those living in informal settlements. Most health-related data comes from national sample surveys with sample sizes too small to … choose health priorities. For example, it is possible that official statistics have under-estimated the contribution of non-communicable … informal settlements .  These community-led processes generate the data needed to understand health priorities and develop health plans. …
Insight, 07 June 2017