Data & Analytics

Data & Analytics play a vital role in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) specifically emphasizes the need to enhance the availability of high-quality, timely, and reliable data. Accurate data and insightful analytics are essential for assessing progress, identifying gaps, making informed decisions, and creating effective policies related to each of the SDGs. For instance, they can help enhance education systems (SDG 4), optimize health services (SDG 3), reduce poverty (SDG 1), and mitigate climate change impacts (SDG 13). Moreover, advances in data collection methods, including mobile technology and remote sensing, can provide valuable insights for achieving sustainability. Therefore, robust data and analytics are integral to monitoring and accomplishing the SDGs.

The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens

Elsevier,

March 2020
Furthering SDGs 5 and 10, this report aims to better understand the role gender plays in the global research enterprise and inspire evidence-based policy driven by powerful data. It examines research participation, career progression and perceptions across the European Union and 15 countries globally in 26 subject areas. The report concludes that while the participation of women in research is increasing overall, inequality remains across geographies and subject areas in terms of publication outputs, citations, awarded grants and collaborations.
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Scientific Reports

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Diversity and inclusion; Capacity-building; Data & Analytics, Global

RELX issues graphic on SDG 11 - supporting research

RELX,

November 2019
The latest analysis of SDG-supporting research focusses on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. This graphic shows key metrics for research into Sustainable Cities.
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Features

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Data & Analytics; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Toilet alarms: A novel application of latrine sensors and machine learning for optimizing sanitation services in informal settlements

Elsevier, Development Engineering, Volume 5, 2020
The cost-effectiveness and reliability of waste collection services in informal settlements can be difficult to optimize given the geospatial and temporal variability of latrine use. Daily servicing to avoid overflow events is inefficient, but dynamic scheduling of latrine servicing could reduce costs by providing just-in-time servicing for latrines. This study used cellular-connected motion sensors and machine learning to dynamically predict when daily latrine servicing could be skipped with a low risk of overflow.
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Articles

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Data & Analytics; Health and wellbeing; Water and sanitation; Chemicals and waste, Africa

Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis

Elsevier,

The Lancet Global Health, Volume 8, January 2020
An Article in support of SDGs 2 and 12, analysing the affordability of the EAT–Lancet benchmark diets using food price and household income data for 744 foods in 159 countries, collected under the International Comparison Program.
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Articles

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Data & Analytics; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Partner content

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

Guidelines for Developing Statistical Capacity: A Roadmap for Capacity Development 4.0

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, January 2020
National statistics are an essential component of policy making. Yet many national statistical systems face challenges in collecting, producing, analysing and disseminating the data required for sustainable development. Furthering SDGs 10 and 15. This report introduce a pioneering approach to capacity development – Capacity Development 4.0 – that brings together new data stakeholders, does more to involve users and promotes a holistic view of statistical capacity development.
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Reports

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Data & Analytics; Partner content; Capacity-building; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation, Global

Assessing private R&D spending in Europe for climate change mitigation technologies via patent data

Elsevier, World Patent Information, Volume 59, December 2019
Detailed information on research and development (R&D) spending of the private sector is very limited, particularly when the interest is on small and medium enterprises or focuses on companies active in multiple technology areas. This lack of data poses challenges on the robustness of quantitative analyses and, as a consequence, on the reliability of evidences needed, for example, to support policy-makers in policy design. This paper proposes a patent-based method to estimate R&D expenditure in the private sector.
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Articles

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Data & Analytics; Technology; Climate change, Europe

Partner content

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

OPAL Case Study: Unlocking Private Sector Data

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, 2019
This case study shows the contribution of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data to the Open Algorithms Initiative. It addresses how to unlock the potential of private sector data for public good purposed in a safe ethical, scalable and sustainable manner furthering goals 9 and 17.
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Reports

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Data & Analytics; Technology, Global

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Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

Agriculture Data Shaping Policy and Changing Lives in Kenya and Tanzania

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, 2019
This case study uses survey and satellite data to help better protect those working in agriculture in Kenya and Tanzania against drought and climate change, helping to advance SDG 2 and 13.
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Reports

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Data & Analytics; Rural development; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Climate change, Africa

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United Nations University

No Research About Us Without Us

United Nations University, November 2019.
Contributing to SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), this research prioritized engaging with young people as research partners in order to examine the needs of children exiting violent armed groups.
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Reports

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Data & Analytics; Science; Diversity and inclusion; Access to justice, Global

The renewable cannibalisation problem: Why full merchant risk will become increasingly challenging

ICIS,

October 2019
This white paper examines whether ambitious renewable targets and private sector financing is compatible in Europe over the next decade. It directly relates to SDG 7 - affordable and clean energy, and SDG 13 - climate action.
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Reports

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Data & Analytics; Technology; Energy; Climate change, Europe

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