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...data-limited estimations which were not always accurate e.g. on poverty assessment indices; presence of unassessed aspects of health e.g. non-communicable diseases and mental health; lack of integration/synergy of goals with other development activities e.g. on education, health and gender. In all, for the post 2015 agenda emphasis is made on the need for goal setting on...

...data proving the opposite. In fact, the poverty rate in the US remained mostly consistent from 1966 to 2014, fluctuating from 15% to 11% (US Census, Table 2). [Toilet paper delivery in Vietnam] Delivering toilet paper in Vietnam There are plenty of reasons why this is the case, some of which can be the direct result of policies and societal factors that keep people in a...

...data analytics’ in citizenship studies. Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Mark Gaved and Andrew Brasher explored the use of technology (specifically, smartphone applications) in citizenship research, and the ethical and methodological issues raised by such technologies. The rich variety of methodological approaches to citizenship explored in the day school was complemented by...

...data) could be used. The figures might not always be easy to generate or perfectly accurate to measure, but these are calculated and accepted as a way of approaching the debate. Many people would challenge the idea that everything can easily be put in to economic terms. Surely there are elements of the environment that can’t have an economic-related measure? How do we...