Today I’m pleased to share that the unicefData R package is now available on CRAN, providing direct programmatic access to the UNICEF Data Warehouse.
📦 CRAN
cran.r-project.org/package=unicef…
#OpenData #OfficialStatistics #RStats #DataForChildren #ReproducibleResearch
📊 Too much global development data still lives in spreadsheets.
But modern analysis requires data acquisition as code.
📦 CRAN
cran.r-project.org/package=unicef…
#OpenData #OfficialStatistics #RStats #DataForChildren #ReproducibleResearch
📢 The future of household surveys is being shaped now!
Country Leadership and Global Partnership for Data on Children
📅 Wednesday, 4 March
🕕 18:15–19:45
📍 UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza, New York
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eRZ7PJ_T
#MICS #OfficialStatistics #UNSC57 #DataForChildren #SDG
StatCom 2026 is almost here (3–6 March).
Before the main debates begin, catch up with these 10 UN Statistical Commission side events now available to watch on demand.
AI. Beyond GDP. SDGs. Geospatial data. Surveys.
#UN57SC #OfficialStatistics #SDGs
https://ow.ly/aG4S50Yo7ns
AI is already reshaping how official statistics are produced.
#StatCom, NSOs shared real examples of #AI replacing manual coding, filling data gaps, and improving timeliness, while safeguarding quality, governance, and trust.
#SDGs #OfficialStatistics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9W6chmwh_4
Refocusing the ONS on its core statistics... blog.ons.gov.uk/2026/02/19/r... published today, with links to more detail #Statistics #OfficialStatistics
#statistics #data #federalstatistics #datainfrastructure #federaldata #economicstatistics #officialstatistics #statisticalagencies #economicdata #CPI #unemployment #employment #GDP #monetarypolicy #inflation #jobs #jobsday #productivity #markets #infotech #finance
SDG progress is only as credible as the data behind it. SDGCounting tracks where indicators, methods, and reporting rules change, because those decisions shape what gets funded, measured, and improved. #SDGs #Data #OfficialStatistics
✨ A historic first! #Syria prepares to launch its first digital sampling frame after a regional UNICEF–MICS–WorldPop workshop in Amman.
Learn more: www.worldpop.org/blog/advanci...
#OfficialStatistics #SDGs #MICS #Geospatial #DataForGood #UNICEF #CapacityBuilding @uosmedia.bsky.social
✨ A historic first! #Syria prepares to launch its first digital sampling frame after a regional UNICEF–MICS–WorldPop workshop in Amman.
Learn more: www.worldpop.org/blog/advancing-national-...
#OfficialStatistics #SDGs #MICS […]
📈The end of the the Demographic and Health Surveys exposes growing data gaps.
🆕 Our new @natureportfolio.nature.com Communications Sustainability paper shows why #citizenscience is essential in #officialstatistics: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@iiasa.ac.at @oecdstatistics.bsky.social
🆕Many #SDG indicators depend on household surveys - yet systems are increasingly exposed to funding and capacity shocks. A new commentary piece, co-authored by OECD Chief Statistician Steve MacFeely argues #CitizenScience must become essential for #OfficialStatistics.
Read more👇
shorturl.at/10RRp
Good policy starts with good measurement.
If indicators are unclear or outdated, decisions will be too.
That’s why SDG metadata, methods, and national statistics matter.
#SDGs #OfficialStatistics #Data
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I am the only Australian not to have visited Japan in the last 18 months. #officialstatistics
📩 Interested in applying or want to find out more?
Contact:
👩🏫 Dr Melike Oguz Alper: m.oguz-alper@soton.ac.uk
👩🏫 Dr Angela Luna Hernandez: a.luna.hernandez@soton.ac.uk
📋 Applications: Helen Davies: helen.davies@soton.ac.uk
We’d love to hear from you!
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📢 Reminder: KOSTATIN – OECD Global Conference 2025 starts tomorrow!
🗓️ Join us on 9–10 September to explore how #AI is reshaping the production and governance of official statistics.
🔗 Full programme: shorturl.at/YAb7j
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Our economy runs on trust in numbers: OMB Directives 1 & 3, CIPSEA, 5 CFR §1321. What happens when those guardrails bend? Deep dive here. (link) #OfficialStatistics #Democracy table42.net/tag/twof/
