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Parallel Session 4: Insights and innovations: What works to build data and evidence capacity in government

04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Pinnacle Rooms 4-6

The session will shed light on the conditions under which governments in developing countries use data and evidence and how global and national organisations can build their capacity in a sustainable way. Panelists from Cambodian and Indian national and subnational governments will discuss the practical constraints they face when using data and evidence and the types of capacity building support have been the highest impact for their work. The session will also share an example of building government's capacity to deploy and use high frequency surveys that strengthen existing government data systems.

Panelists: 
Mak Mony, Director of Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, Government of Cambodia 
Sakphouseth Meng, Country Program Manager, Cambodia and Country Director, Mongolia, IFAD, Cambodia 
Anurag Kundu, Former Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Government of Delhi 
Karan Nagpal, India Regional Director, IDinsight

Moderator: 
Bidisha Barooah, Economist, IFAD

Speakers

Anurag Kundu

Former Chairperson

Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR), Government of Delhi

Bidisha Barooah

Economist

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

Karan Nagpal

India Regional Director

IDinsight

Mak Mony

Director of Planning and Statistics

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, Government of Cambodia

Sakphouseth Meng

Country Program Manager, Cambodia and Country Director, Mongolia

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

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