At the Global Data Barometer we are committed to putting inclusion at the heart of all our research phases and wider activities. This means a commitment to racial and gender equity, and to identifying and avoiding data biases that...

In a number of the thematic modules of the Global Data Barometer we are looking to create paired indicators on the governance and availability of particular datasets. During a recent  ‘Knowledge Storm’ session with our partners at the Open...

Last week, ILDA launched a 2020 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) edition of the Open Data Barometer (ODB), shining a light on how open data policies and practices have evolved in the region since the last measurements in 2016...

ILDA is a Latin American research organization based in Uruguay that promotes ethical uses of data to address public policy issues. Current projects include Empatia, a partnership with Latam Digital Center that investigates the use of AI to solve public...

A hub, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, is “the central and most important part of an area, system, activity, etc. which all the other parts are connected to.” For the Global Data Barometer, regional hubs constitute a...

As we prepare to bring the Global Data Barometer into the field for the first time, we’ve been thinking a lot about impact. It’s important to us that the evidence we gather is useful: we want to inform global...

Now that the full Global Data Barometer project has been up and running for two months, I wanted to share some thoughts about where we have come from, where we have got to, and where we’re headed in the...