Bad data leads to bad policy

Bad data leads to bad policy

Using official statistics to train AI could ensure that quality information shapes public life

Navigating without compass: Pakistan's data crisis and policy blindness - The Financial Daily

Imagine a ship caught in the middle of the ocean, rudderless, its compass broken, no captain certain of its direction. This is not the opening of a naval fable; it is an apt metaphor for Pakistan’s policy-making machinery today – a ship adrift in the deep waters of socioeconomic uncertainty, with no updated statistical compass to guide it. Without credible and timely data, no nation can navigate toward meaningful economic progress. In a world in…