This is a session of Topic 1: Data and context in statistics education: towards an evidence-based society
(Tuesday 13th, 16:30-18:00)
Evidence-based policy making
Organizer
- Sharleen Forbes (New Zealand)
Abstract
Papers in this session highlight the ways that government agencies and national statistics offices provide and use data for policy making at both the government and community level. This includes ways of enabling decision makers to understand official statistics including new ways of visualizing official data.Papers
| Paper | Title | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
| 1B1 | Evidence-based policy making: the Pensions Commission and beyond | Joanna Littlechild (United Kingdom) Bav Hirani (United Kingdom) |
| 1B3 | The evidence gap and its impact on public policy and decision-making in developing countries | Ben Kiregyera (Uganda) |