Analysis: The Data Crisis Following USAID’s Withdrawal: Opportunities to Reimagine Data Systems
By Josh Powell, Gina Lagomarsino (CEO, Results for Development), Claire Melamed (CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data)
The immediate effects of cuts to USAID are becoming clearer, with the US largely absent from the international response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, and the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. While the direct impacts of these cuts are making headlines, there is also a less visible, systemic consequence that could undermine development and humanitarian efforts long into the future: the destabilization of the data ecosystems that underpin global health, education, nutrition, agriculture, water, and sanitation services.
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