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Gender equality and big data: Making gender data visible

The report from UN Women, with support from UN Global Pulse, outlines the value of big data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to women. It presents the benefits of big data (for example, real time data), risks (for example, elite capture and privacy), and policy implications (for example, how it can be incorporated in project cycles from planning to evaluation). It ends with a compendium of gender-related big data projects and their relevance to the SDGs.

BigSurv 2018

Global Innovations in Measurement and Evaluation

This report by NPC highlights their research into the latest developments in theory and practice in measurement and evaluation. The authors found that new thinking, techniques, and technology are influencing and improving practice. This report highlights eight developments that the authors think have the greatest potential to improve evaluation and programme design, and the careful collection and use of data. 

Big Data and Society: Is It A Game Changer?

What about administrative data?

kclarity's picture 17th November 2016 by kclarity

In this guest blog, Kerry McCarthy discusses some of the options for finding administrative data sets for use in evaluation.

Participatory Sense-Making for Evaluators: Data Parties and Dabbling in the Data

XI Konferencja Ewaluacyjna 'Ewaluacja polityki spójności 'rezultaty, wyzwania. rozwiązania (Kraków, Polska)

Also Available In: English

The 11th Evaluation Conference 'Evaluation of Cohesion Policy' Results, challenges, solutions (Cracow, Poland)

Also Available In: Polski

Big Data

Big data refers to data that are so large and complex that traditional methods of collection and analysis are not possible. The amount and variety of big data has increased exponentially over the past decade. 'Data exhaust' is one source, which relates to data produced passively as a byproduct of user interactions with a system, such use of a mobile phone service or Internet banking. Online information is another, giving an indication of human intent, emotions, and wishes by collecting the information contact in web content such as news and social media interactions (e.g., Facebook, blogs, twitter), and online search history. Data can also come from physical sensors such as satellite images and traffic information (UNDP 2013).

Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities

This white paper by UN Global Pulse examines the use of Big Data in development contexts. Using a number of examples, it highlights how this data type can be leveraged to provide early warnings of disruptions and crises, and can give real-time awareness and feedback of situations and interventions. It also delves into a conversation about the implications of Big Data use.

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