Technology is not a silver bullet for governance. Technical solutions must be supplemented with structural improvements to ensure the effective delivery of public services.
Tag: Data Governance
Data can play an important role in helping India recover from COVID-19
A structural shift in thinking about data within Indian urban governance is needed. This piece highlights how data can play an important role in India’s response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lack of Relevant, Credible Data Is Compromising India’s COVID-19 Efforts
The inherent data crisis that the pandemic has brought to light presents a policy window- allowing us to build effective data systems to improve governance in the long term.
Assessing geomasking techniques to protect the spatial privacy of individuals during COVID-19 and beyond
Summarises various geomasking techniques that can be applied by Indian policymakers to continue using GIS for tracking COVID-19 spread but also for monitoring and improving the delivery of healthcare beyond the pandemic.
To keep up with tech and regulate WhatsApp & Amazon, India must adopt ‘futures thinking’
Commentary to how policymaking in other countries has stayed abreast of rapid technological change, teasing out lessons for India.