Data are becoming an integral part of the daily lives of most people everywhere and the data revolution

is changing the world. However, much of the data value remains unused. Data collected for a single
purpose can generate economic and social value in applications well beyond what was originally
intended.

This report examines the tremendous potential of the changing data landscape for improving the lives of
the poor, while recognizing the potential for opening back doors that can harm individuals, businesses,
and societies. To remove this tension between the useful and the harmful potential of data, this report
calls for a new social contract that enables the use and reuse of data to create economic and social
value, ensures fair access to that value and fosters trust, that data will not be misused in a harmful way.

The report first assesses how better use and reuse of data can improve the design of public policies,
programs, and service delivery, as well as improve market efficiency and job creation through growth in
the sector.

The purpose of this report is to focus on more efficient use of data to improve well-being. Data can
improve social and economic outcomes, but only if they are used consistently to produce life-enhancing
information. Sharing of data to improve data reuse and reuse is essential for data to lead a better life.
The degree of data trading was limited by the competitive advertising market, the tension between
large-scale data dissemination and incentives to collect more data, and difficulties in assessing data
quality and accuracy.

Public intent data is the main producer of this data through many government functions. These types of
data can improve lives by improving policy development and service delivery. Lack of transparency, such
as lack of resources, can have negative economic consequences and undermine public confidence in
government. To realize the growing potential of public data, stable long-term data financing is needed.
Investments in statistical and technical capacity; Laws that promote the secure production of data and
the reliability of official statistics can help build confidence.

Private data can fuel growth and stimulate development. Data collected and stored by the private sector
for commercial purposes also has great potential. Innovations in the use and application of data by
companies create great economic value.

An integrated national data system is based on an intentional, state-level, and multi-stakeholder

approach to data management. It explicitly integrates the production, projection and use of data in
planning and exchange. The system also needs people to hold the public and private sectors accountable
for the use of high-quality data.

Data can improve people's lives in several ways. However, economic, and political factors generally
prevent the correct distribution of benefits. The value of development data is largely untapped. To
realize the full value of data, data must be reused and creatively reused repeatedly to promote
economic and social development. The challenge is to develop a reliable environment that protects
against harmful use of data in the exchange between the parties and allows the creation, reuse, and
reuse of data. A strong data management framework, consisting of appropriate policies, laws,
regulations, and institutions, is necessary to ensure that the full value of data is achieved and shared in a
secure and correct manner.

Public intent data, which underpins public policy, can play a transformative role in the public sector.
However, gaps in the availability, quality and usability of this data are widespread, especially in low-
income countries - the countries that benefit most from improved public intent data. The lack of
resources, technical capacity and data management hinders the production of useful data for public
policy. A lack of knowledge and demand for data limits its use for public policy. These issues can be
addressed by prioritizing high priority data, including long-term funding, investing in human capital, and
laws that lead to the safe production, sharing, and use of data. Some investments in better data have
paid off. Ensuring predictable political engagement and government funding to produce data with public
intent remains a central struggle in low-income countries. The political will to prioritize the funding of
data systems can be stimulated by increasing data demand.

Companies benefit from both the data generated by the economic activities of companies and the data
shared by governments. This data is used as input for data-driven decisions and can drive innovation in
products and services and reduce transaction costs, thereby increasing productivity, export
competitiveness and growth. Using data in the manufacturing process of businesses can help shift the
playing field to the poor and underserved by reducing market fragmentation. However, it can also
exacerbate national inequalities when basic knowledge, infrastructure and finances are not widely
available in countries. Business use of data can also detract from poor countries, where local businesses
may find it difficult to compete with large global players due to savings in size and scope. Although the
use of data in the production process offers many opportunities for solving development problems,
policymakers need to consider the risks this use poses to the concentration of economic power, models
of inequality and individual rights.

Innovations in the reuse and combination of data on public and private intentions leads to previously
impossible impacts on development. These innovations can inform and advance policy goals, help
governments specifically improve and promote service delivery, and empower individuals and civil
society. When data is used for public purposes with private intentions, it can help fill data gaps and
deliver real-time, scaled-up insights. When data with public and private intent is combined, some or
more of the limitations of each data type can be overcome. Private intent data can be difficult to
understand, monitor and regulate. They can also miss out on the poorest or marginalized populations
and perpetuate discrimination and prejudice. Data protection is a key issue. Responsive regulatory and
consumer protection measures are needed, as well as the identification of populations that are not
included in a scan. Using private intent data for effective policy making requires a coordinated
investment in training, data partnerships, and research in the short and long term. Best practices and
guidelines need to be developed.

As new mobile technologies emerge, policymakers should proactively facilitate their deployment by
promoting competition for services where possible and, where appropriate, sharing of infrastructure.
Universal service policies should include measures to address the demand-side barriers often faced by
those who do not use data services, even when they are locally available. These measures include
programs to improve the affordability of telephones and data services, and to improve the digital
literacy of excluded groups. To ensure fast and inexpensive data services, policy makers should facilitate
the creation of a national data infrastructure that allows data to be stored, processed, and exchanged
locally so that data does not have to be lost. Transit through remote facilities abroad. A competitive
marketplace and open governance arrangements are two guidelines that aid in the creation of Internet
exchange points. The creation of colocation data centers will depend on a stable investment climate for
private sector investors coupled with the availability of reliable and inexpensive clean energy sources.

Trust in data transactions is backed by a strict legal and regulatory framework that includes safeguards
to prevent data misuse as well as enablers that facilitate data access and reuse. Protective measures
should distinguish between personal data, which require a rights-based approach with individual
protection, and non-personal data, to enable a balance of interests in the reuse of data. Data-sharing
enablers are generally more sophisticated for public-intent data, where public policy and the law that
governs access and disclosure of data are more easily determined, than for private-purpose data, where
governments unite have limited influence. Creating a trustworthy environment is still a work in progress
around the world, especially in low-income countries. There is no uniform legal and regulatory
framework. In countries with a weak regulatory environment, the design of appropriate safeguards and
enablers may need to be carefully tailored to local priorities and capacities.

The growing role of data in ubiquitous business models of platforms is changing competition, trade and
taxation in the real economy and poses significant risks for low- and middle-income countries. How
countries design backups and activators will have an impact on the real economy. For example, enabling
data to be exchanged between market participants can play a valuable role in promoting competition.
At the same time, the rigor of data protection measures will shape the pattern of cross-border trade in
data-based services. At the same time, the immaterial nature of digital value chains poses major
challenges for the mobilization of tax revenues. Too often, low- and middle-income countries lack the
institutional capacity to address the political challenges of the data-driven economy. These challenges
require an agile competition policy and modern trade and tax administrations. To complicate matters,
competition, trade, and tax policies are closely linked. Coordinated action at the international level -
antitrust law, platform company regulation, data standards, trade agreements and tax policy - are
essential to ensure effective and fair data economy policies that meet the needs and interests of
countries.

The institutions required to manage data have four main functions: strategic planning; Develop rules
and standards; Compliance and enforcement; and generate the knowledge and evidence needed to gain
knowledge and address emerging challenges. Non-governmental institutions and mechanisms such as
intermediary data protocols can help governments and other actors share and securely use data for
greater value, while promoting equitable access to data and communications. Value they create. Public
institutions must have sufficient resources, autonomy, and technical capacity, including data literacy, to
effectively carry out their mandates. Political advocates of positions of power are essential to drive data
management reforms that create incentives and a culture of data use, dissemination, and transparency.
A multi-stakeholder and goal-oriented approach to data management and administration can help
institutions keep pace with an ever-changing data ecosystem and improve their legitimacy,
transparency, and accountability.

By building an integrated national data system, countries can take full advantage of the data for
development. The system should provide a framework for the reliable and fair production, flow, and use
of data. An integrated data system is based on an intentional, state-wide, and multi-stakeholder
approach to data management. The steps required to implement such a system depend on the maturity
of the country's data. What works in one context may not work in another. To be sustainable, an
integrated national data system must be continuously improved. This will depend on the presence of
highly skilled human resources in government, civil society, academia, and the private sector. Strong
data protection is essential to building an integrated national data system. With the expansion of the
scope of such a system, the economic, social, and developmental advantages as well as the
requirements for data protection also increase.

The report concludes by bringing the pieces together and goes beyond an ambitious vision of an
integrated national data system that promises to produce high quality data and make it accessible in a
way that encourages its safe use and reuse. By examining these opportunities and challenges, the report
shows how data can improve the lives of everyone, especially the poor in low- and middle-income
countries.