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Towards Effective Data Governance in Africa: Progress, Initiatives & Challenges
Kampala: Pollicy (2023), iii, 20 pp.
"This desk review report provides an overview of data governance in Africa, exploring policy frameworks, implementation challenges, regional collaborations, capacity building, governmental initiatives, civil society engagement, and academia's role. The continent's increasing reliance on digital syst
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Data sovereignty in agricultural value chains
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2022), 50 pp.
Data Governance, Asian Alternatives: How India and Korea Are Creating New Models and Policies
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2022), 114 pp.
"This volume highlights some of the alternative models that have originated in two major Asian democracies, India and South Korea. It compares these two countries’ distinctive approaches through case studies that demonstrate just how much more complex the world will be than the common-place predic
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O Auxílio Emergencial no Brasil: Desafios na implementação de uma política de proteção social datificada
Derechos Digitales (2022), 41 pp.
¿Quién defiende tus datos?
Derechos Digitales (2022), 86 pp.
Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2022
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AI Index Steering Committee; Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI Stanford University (2022), 229 pp.
"The fifth edition of the AI Index Report includes data from a broad set of academic, private, and nonprofit organizations as well as more self-collected data and original analysis than any previous editions, including an expanded technical performance chapter, a new survey of robotics researchers a
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Data for Development: Harnessing Digital Media Intelligence
London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2022), 4 pp.
"Internet access is exploding around the world. In the 10 years up to 2021, the proportion of people around the world with access to the internet grew from 33 to 63%, and by 2022 the number of active social media users hit 4.62 billion. Policymakers and opinion formers have an opportunity to tap int
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Data Governance Toolkit
NetHope; Plan International; SOS Children's Villages (2022), 13 pp.
"The goal of this Data Governance Toolkit is to guide non-profit organizations through the steps and best practices for implementing Data Governance within your organization, while keeping in mind the changing organization IT landscape, enterprise architecture and program deliverables. To support or
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Was heißt digitale Souveränität? Diskurse, Praktiken und Voraussetzungen »individueller« und »staatlicher Souveränität« im digitalen Zeitalter
Bielefeld: transcript (2022), 320 pp.
"Die neuen sozio-technischen Verhältnisse der digitalen Transformation fordern neuzeitliche Konzepte des »souveränen Staates« und des »souveränen Subjekts« heraus, was in Debatten um »digitale Souveränität« problematisiert wird. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes diskutieren diese Herausford
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The Unfreedom Monitor: Data Governance
Amsterdam: Global Voices Advox (2022), 11 pp.
"Data governance is an integral aspect of digital authoritarianism because it incorporates any type of control, authority, and manipulation of data […]. Within the context of digital authoritarianism, data governance may incorporate both states and non-state actors that collaborate with states to
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African Data Trusts: New Tools Towards Collective Data Governance?
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 14 pp.
"This paper discusses whether data trusts are feasible structures in an African context, concluding that there are significant limitations to a straight import of trust models developed elsewhere. It goes on to outline specific considerations that should be prioritised in the development of bottom u
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Data for Better Lives
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Washington, DC: World Bank (2021), xviii, 326 pp.
"This report aims to answer two fundamental questions. First, how can data better advance development objectives? Second, what kind of data governance arrangements are needed to support the generation and use of data in a safe, ethical, and secure way while also delivering value equitably? One impor
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We Need to Talk About Data: Framing the Debate Around Free Flow of Data and Data Sovereignty
Internet and Jurisdiction Policy Network (2021), 55 pp.
"On the one hand, “Free Flow of Data” is advocated by many as a critical enabler of digital transformation, innovation, economic growth and social benefits. At the same time, various concerns related to privacy, taxation, competition, security, and even the democratic process, have prompted poli
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Exploring the Future of Data Governance in Africa: Data Stewardship, Collaboratives, Trusts and More
Kampala: Pollicy (2021), 11 pp.
Data Altruism: How the EU is Screwing Up a Good Idea
Berlin: Algorithm Watch (2021), 8 pp.
"The EU dreams of a “common European data space”. Data protection is and remains the elephant in this data room. So long as the anti-processing straitjacket of the GDPR is not loosened even a little for altruistic purposes, there will be little hope for data innovations from Europe. In any case,
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Responsible Data Governance for Monitoring and Evaluation in the African Context. 01: Overview of Data Governance
MERL Tech; Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (2021), 22 pp.
Responsible Data Governance for Monitoring and Evaluation in the African Context. 02: Guidance on Responsible Data Governance in M&E
Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand (2021), 50 pp.
Data Governance for Young People in the Commercialized Digital Environment
New York: UNICEF (2020), 8 pp.
Data Impact Assessments
Centre for Humanitarian Data (2020), 6 pp.
"• Data impact assessments determine the potential benefits and risks associated with data management. They are a critical component of responsible data management, but are often overlooked.
• There are a wide variety of approaches to data impact assessments. Selecting the right assessment for a
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The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press (2019), xxiii, 323 pp.
"Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers
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