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Data for Better Lives: Social Contract

Explore how data transforms development outcomes through World Bank's comprehensive course on data governance and social value creation.

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₹ 426

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6 Weeks

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Based on the World Development Report 2021, this course examines how the data revolution can improve lives while addressing potential risks. Students explore the creation of a new social contract for data usage that maximizes social and economic value while ensuring equitable access and protection. The course covers three key pathways for data utilization, examines public and private sector data applications, and discusses data governance frameworks. Topics include infrastructure policies, regulatory frameworks, and economic policies related to competition, trade, and taxation. The curriculum emphasizes practical approaches to building integrated national data systems and implementing policy recommendations through a maturity model approach.

Sheila Jagannathan

Sheila Jagannathan

Malar Veerappan

Malar Veerappan

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Sheila Jagannathan

Sheila Jagannathan

Malar Veerappan

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What you'll learn

  • Understand how data can advance development objectives through key pathways

  • Master the principles of creating economic and social value from data

  • Explore effective data governance frameworks and infrastructure policies

  • Learn to implement integrated national data systems

  • Develop strategies for creative data reuse and value maximization

  • Understand economic policies in competition, trade, and taxation related to data

Skills you'll gain

Data Governance
Development Economics
Policy Analysis
Data Infrastructure
Social Contract
Economic Policy
Data Systems
Public Sector Data

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Access on Mobile, Tablet, Desktop

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There are 6 modules in this course

This comprehensive course explores the transformation of development through data, based on the World Development Report 2021. It examines how data can create economic and social value while addressing potential risks through a new social contract. The curriculum covers data governance frameworks, infrastructure policies, and economic considerations in areas like competition and taxation. Students learn about integrating national data systems, policy implementation through maturity models, and the role of data in both public and private sectors. The course emphasizes practical applications and real-world examples of data-driven development initiatives.

Advancing development objectives through data

Module 1

Data in the public sector, the private sector, and civil society

Module 2

Creative reuses of data for greater value

Module 3

Aligning data governance with the new social contract

Module 4

Creating value in the data economy: The role of competition, trade, and tax policy

Module 5

Moving toward an integrated national data system

Module 6

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Faculties

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Sheila Jagannathan
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Sheila Jagannathan serves as a distinguished leader in digital education as the Global Head of Digital Learning & Capacity Building at the World Bank. With over 35 years of experience, she has established herself as an internationally recognized thought leader, advisor, and author specializing in educational technology and human capital development. Her expertise spans crucial areas including the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workforce education, MOOCs, experiential pedagogy, and emerging technologies like AR/VR, AI/ML, IoT, and blockchain in education
Malar Veerappan
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Malar Veerappan serves as Senior Data Scientist and Program Manager for Data Management & Services at the World Bank, where she leads critical data initiatives and technological implementations. Her significant contributions include creating the World Bank's first comprehensive data APIs and playing a key role in launching the World Bank's Open Data Initiative in 2010
Dean Jolliffe
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Dean Jolliffe serves as Lead Economist for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) at the World Bank's Development Data Group, where he leads the institution's flagship household survey program. His academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University, preparing him for a career spanning both research and policy implementation. Before joining the World Bank, he held diverse positions including Research Economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, Assistant Professor at Charles University's Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education in Prague, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. His expertise in poverty measurement and analysis is evidenced by his role as co-director of the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives and his work with the Poverty and Inequality Platform. Jolliffe maintains academic connections through appointments as an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Research Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Labor, and Fellow of the Global Labor Organization. His contributions to development economics include extensive work on poverty assessments in South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, while also managing LSMS-ISA initiatives in Ethiopia.
Vivien Foster
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Vivien Foster has established herself as a leading authority in infrastructure economics and development policy at the World Bank, where she serves as Chief Economist for the Infrastructure Vice-Presidency. Her remarkable 20-year career at the World Bank began in 1999 as a Young Professional, progressing through various leadership positions including Global Lead for Energy Economics, Markets and Institutions, Practice Manager of the Global Energy Anchor, and Lead Economist for Infrastructure in the Africa Region. Her academic credentials include degrees from prestigious institutions: a graduate degree from Oxford University, a Master's from Stanford University, and a Doctorate in Economics from University College London. Foster has spearheaded numerous influential research initiatives, including "Water, Electricity and the Poor," "Africa's Infrastructure," "Building Bridges," and "The Energy Progress Report." Her expertise spans infrastructure policy, economic regulation, and sustainable development, contributing to projects in over 30 countries across Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Before joining the World Bank, she worked as a Managing Consultant at Oxford Economic Research Associates Ltd in the UK, where she advised on water and energy industry regulations. Her work has been particularly influential in shaping policies for sustainable energy development and infrastructure financing in developing economies.
Robert Cull
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Robert Cull serves as Research Manager and Lead Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group, where he leads pioneering research on financial development and inclusion in emerging economies. His research portfolio encompasses critical areas including microfinance institution performance, African and Chinese financial development, and the impact of global financial crises on developing economies' banking systems. His influential work spans theoretical and empirical investigations of financial inclusion, particularly focusing on how microfinance and banking services can better serve underserved communities. As a prolific scholar, he has published extensively in top-tier academic journals including the Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Financial Economics. His co-edited book "Banking the World: Empirical Foundations of Financial Inclusion" represents a significant contribution to understanding global financial inclusion. Beyond his research, Cull shapes policy discussions through his role as co-editor of Interest Bearing Notes, a newsletter focused on financial and private sector development. His recent work examines agent networks in microfinance institutions, financial resilience in emergencies, and the evolution of financial inclusion strategies in developing economies.
Data for Better Lives: Social Contract

Beginner

Skill Level

6 Weeks

Self-paced lessons

Course Cost

₹ 426

Completion

CERTIFICATE

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