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World in Progress: Dangerous lack of data

Sarah Steffen & Ajit NiranjanMarch 21, 2018

Some countries have made great strides towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, but there's a major setback: Some governments know very little about their citizens. How can they build enough schools and hospitals if they don't know how many people live in a particular region? Ajit Niranjan has been exploring how this lack of data could be hampering development.

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