SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals

SDGwatch Status Report Tamil Nadu 2021 (Data, Monitoring & Accountability)

Measure what you treasure’, and ‘what is measured gets done’ are two oft quoted management mantras. It is known that feudal states – of which quite a few still exist globally – are rent collectors. But even democratic governments are used to ‘tax and spend’, and little accountability. Not having data in the public domain is a very important tool of despotic governments world over, because if the numbers are not known, then they are not responsible for what the numbers mean. If citizens are kept in the dark about numbers, then they cannot hold governments accountable…

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