- Introduction to harnessing the value of data for better lives for the poor through the three pathways set out in a conceptual framework, economics and politics of data,
- An overview of a data governance framework to realize the development impact.
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Data for Better Lives: A New Social Contract - Self Paced
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Learning efforts
3-5 Hours Per Week
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The syllabus
Week 1
Module I — Advancing development objectives through data
Week 2
Module II — Data in the public sector, the private sector, and civil society
- Illustration of how data can be used as a force for the public good, as a resource for the private sector,
- To inform civil society and empower individuals, using several real-life examples.
Week 3
Module III — Creative reuses of data for greater value
- Overview of how innovations in repurposing and combining public intent and private intent data are opening doors to development impacts previously unimaginable.
- Introduction to the potential and limitations of reuse, interoperability, and synergies of public intent and private intent data.
Week 4
Module IV — Aligning data governance with the new social contract
- Introduction to critical data infrastructure policies to ensure equitable access for poor people in poor countries;
- Introduction to data policies, laws, and regulations, using a safeguards and enablers framework, to create a trusting environment to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving data economy.
Week 5
Module V — Creating value in the data economy: The role of competition, trade, and tax policy
- Overview of how the expanding role of data in ubiquitous platform business models is reshaping competition, trade, and taxation in the real economy and posing pertinent risks for low- and middle-income countries.
- Introduction to the policy challenges and responses arising from competition, trade, and taxation, and the linkages with the design of data regulations.
Week 6
Module VI — Moving toward an integrated national data system
- Introduction to understanding how institutional ecosystems can help govern data through collective action, and furthermore,
- The steps for creating an aspirational integrated national data system,
- Using a maturity model approach,
- The tools for measuring the performance of data systems.
Instructors
Mr Robert Cull
Research Manager
The World Bank
Ms Vivien Foster
Chief Economist
The World Bank
Other Bachelors, Other Masters, Ph.D
Mr Dean Jolliffe
Lead Economist
The World Bank
Ph.D
Ms Malar Veerappan
Senior Data Scientist
The World Bank
Other Bachelors
Ms Sheila Jagannathan
Campus Head
The World Bank
Ms Sameeksha Khare
Consultant
The World Bank
Other Masters
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