1. Statistics, the post-2015 agenda, and some lessons from the MDGs
The clarity of the MDG framework improved the use and quality of statistics for better development policy - but there is a long way to go.
Improving national statistical capacity is key: it should not be neglected in favor of data collection by agencies.
Two big issues in the poorest countries: household survey programs and CRVS.
Funding requests, both domestic and external, will succeed only if they are closely linked to policy initiatives. There is no panacea.
Global progress monitoring is a different purpose to informing national policy. For global monitoring of the MDGs, only a handful of indicators mattered.
To be central to the Data Revolution, statistical offices will need to change and innovate. New, alternative data sources exist: policy-makers will use them.