How can high-quality data on research systems improve decision-making and coordination in international development?

Science remains a common language and high priority across countries. As such, science, technology, and innovation (STI) capabilities can contribute to sup port, develop, and deliver an ambitious international development agenda, despite complex geopolitical and financial constraints.

Data is core to supporting an effective implementation of STI strategies to achieve progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, this paper deals with upstream data (which focusses on data on research funding and research ecosystems assessment), its potential to inform decision making to drive positive change, and highlights the cyclicity of data for development.