The systematic building of data capacity across civil society, governments, and the private sector in the Global South is an increasingly critical component of sustainable development. Considerable resources have been directed to the funding and programming of capacity-building initiatives. Yet, there is limited evidence on how effective, efficient, and sustainable these efforts have been in empowering key actors to use data for the public good. 

To bridge this evidence gap, MSBM Faculty members, Prof Lila Rao Graham and Dr Maurice McNaughton developed a framework that can be used to identify and analyse patterns and insights in data capacity building projects.

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Article taken from: D4D.net