A Matter of Trust: Building Integrity into Data, Statistics and Records to Support the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals book cover
Reference · 2020 · English

A Matter of Trust: Building Integrity into Data, Statistics and Records to Support the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

by Anne Thurston (editor)

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Anne Thurston brings together case studies on the reliability of data, statistics and documentary records. The central question is how institutions can establish trustworthy evidence for measuring development and making public decisions.

Contributions examine records management, statistical accuracy, open-data initiatives and the preservation of digital information. Cases from Africa and other regions connect technical systems with the organizational practices that determine whether information remains complete and usable. The book treats data, statistics and records as related resources, explaining why good numerical indicators also require an auditable documentary foundation.