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.
Explore how data transforms development outcomes through World Bank's comprehensive course on data governance and social value creation.
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.
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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
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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
Fee Structure
Instructors
4 Courses
Pioneer in Digital Learning and International Education Innovation
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
1 Course
Pioneer in Development Data Management and Open Data Innovation
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
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