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How can data change children’s lives?

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In education, how data is used can make all the difference. UNICEF’s Data Must Speak initiative aims to maximize the use of existing education data, so that it can drive policy decisions, inform citizens, and empower communities. Education holds the key to a better life for millions of children and adolescents worldwide: a life with… Read more →←
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Unleashing the power of data for children

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Data hold more potential than ever before to shape the lives and living conditions of children. Much of that potential is the result of the rapid expan­sion of data sources and uses. We’ve seen firsthand what those results can be. Whether it is improving government data systems to improve the delivery of education and social… Read more →←
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Remembering Hans Rosling: friend, teacher, inspiration

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Hans Rosling, who died last Tuesday, was my friend and mentor for 25 years. He was a man who cared about facts. He was passionate about statistics. He pioneered new ways of visualizing data, bringing dry figures to colourful life. But Hans’ primary mission was not about data, it was about people. Hans recognized that to do good, we… Read more →←
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Play is not a four letter word

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Recently, during a popular morning radio show, the presenter asked for one key activity that can be used to “improve mathematical skills” for very young children. I phoned in and got through! In the one-minute space between my call and the 7AM news bulletin, I tried to explain how play forms the foundation for math and language… Read more →←
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Developing UNICEF’s Data Strategy

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In the sprawling urban settlement, a young mother deftly shells beans while answering survey questions and keeping an eye on her toddler. 300 kilometres outside the capital, a community health worker hits send on her mobile phone and an SMS transmits her day’s vaccination numbers to the Ministry of Health. 36,000 kilometres above the… Read more →←

Mapping inequality for child well-being in rich countries

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Research on inequality often loses sight of where children stand in relation to one another. The new Innocenti Report Card Fairness for Children: A league table of inequality in child well-being in rich countries looks at differences between children at the bottom of the inequality ladder, and their peers in the middle, across 41… Read more →←
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Latin America’s new way to measure government investment in early childhood

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It is often said that the real commitment of a government to any issue can be measured by the money it spends. But measuring government investment is not always easy, especially when it is an issue as complex as early childhood development. Over the past decades in Latin America, early childhood has received increased government… Read more →←
Clara from Ghana says she dropped out of primary school in grade three as a result of poverty. Although basic education is theoretically free in Ghana, many students are unable to afford essentials like notebooks, shoes and a uniform, without which they cannot attend school.

In praise of a critic: lessons from Angus Deaton’s Nobel win

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Monday morning brought the news that Angus Deaton, an eminent economist and vocal critic of many forms of international aid, had won this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics. Blogs and opinion pages rapidly filled with predictions that the development community would bristle at the recognition of someone who had challenged so many aid… Read more →←

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