Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Insights from the Data for Development profiles -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- Insights from the Data for Development Profiles of DAC members -- Development co-operation for data and statistics -- Key insights from the profiles -- Insight # 1: DAC members' overarching thematic and geographic priorities drive funding of data and statistics -- Data-related support is spread across institutions -- Digital strategies highlight data challenges and opportunities -- Long-standing geographic priorities bear out in support for data and statistics -- Insight # 2: DAC members increasingly invest in sectoral data and statistics -- A closer look at evolutions in sectoral support -- Programmatic and budget support can incentivise support for general/core statistical capacities -- Insight # 3: ODA to data and statistics is increasingly concentrated in fragile states -- ODA is increasingly concentrated in Africa... -- ...and in fragile contexts -- Insight # 4: Project-type interventions are preferred to joint-funding mechanisms -- Stable but evolving engagement in joint funding mechanisms -- Multilateral channels are often used in low-income countries and fragile contexts -- Insight # 5: Country ownership drives successful results -- Regional programmes are emerging as relevant and efficient -- Approaches to supporting country ownership are evolving, going beyond national government -- Towards good practices in international support for data and statistical systems -- References -- Notes -- Data for Development Profiles -- Data for Development Profiles -- Australia -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Illustrative programmes and projects -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus.

Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Canada -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Denmark -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Note -- European Union -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Italy -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Japan -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Korea -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Norway -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Notes -- Poland -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Note -- Portugal -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Sweden -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Switzerland -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- United Kingdom -- Strategies, actors and funding -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- United States -- Strategies, actors and funding -- United States Agency for International Development -- United States Millennium Challenge Corporation -- Lessons learnt -- Thematic focus -- Geographic focus -- Modalities and channels of delivery -- Note -- Methodology.

How was ODA for data and statistics identified? -- General remarks -- Other sources -- Japan's support to IMF capacity development -- Korea's partnerships with the World Bank and the IMF -- Results -- How was providers' ODA to data and statistics matched to statistical domains? -- Matching purpose codes to statistical domains -- Matching based on text mining of project titles -- Matching based on implementing agency -- Results -- What are the policy markers and policy objectives? -- What is "country-allocable" support? -- How are countries classified by income group and by fragility status? -- References -- Notes.

Sound and timely data and statistics are essential for designing better policies for better lives. When the right data are available and used by policy makers, they play a crucial role in managing crises, as revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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