On August 29, 2014 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the establishment of an Independent Expert Advisory Group (IEAG) on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development with two co-chairs: Professor Enrico Giovannini of Italy and Mr. Robin Li of China. [1, 2]
The group was “to make concrete recommendations on bringing about a data revolution in sustainable development.” “To propose ways to improve data for achieving and monitoring sustainable development”. The on November 6, 2014 the IEAG released their report titled “‘A World that Counts: Mobilising theData Revolution for Sustainable Development.’ [2, 3, 4, 5] The report reveals mobile phone use shaply increased from 2010.
The need for a ‘data revolution’ was first expressed in a May 30, 2013 report by the High Level Panel, appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July 2012 to make recommenations on the “Post-2015 Development Agenda”. [2]