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"Violence against women: a statistical overview, challenges and gaps in data collection and methodology and approaches for overcoming them"

On 22 December 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted by consensus a resolution entitled “In-depth study on all forms of violence against women” (A/RES/58/185). The resolution ...
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Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis—here’s how to fill the gap

As statistics continues to play an ever more important role in society, equal access to data resources in developing countries is becoming more essential. Yet the ability to collect good data, the ...
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Innovative Data Collection Methods for International Development

Innovative technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are transforming and modernizing the way data is generated, collected, and analyzed across different industries and fields of study. 1 ...
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Reps push bill to reform Nigeria’s statistical system

The House of Representatives is pushing to reform Nigeria’s statistical system with a new  bill aimed at replacing ...
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Reps move to replace 2007 Statistics Law with new data framework

The House of Representatives has begun legislative action to repeal the Statistics Act, 2007 and replace it with a new legal ...
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Nigeria can't build a $1tn economy on outdated data – Abbas

'rendered': 'The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday said Nigeria cannot achieve its ambition of becoming a $1tn economy without a modern and credible statistical system ...
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Methods for Integrating Multiple Data Sources to Improve Crop Estimates

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the primary statistical data collection agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). NASS conducts hundreds of surveys each year and ...
The Conversation

Low‑ and middle‑income countries lack access to big data analysis – here’s how to fill the gap

The ability to collect and learn from large amounts of data has been a major driver of innovation over recent decades. Everything from health care – think patient analytics, wearable devices and the ...