UNU-WIDER warmly welcomes you to join the upcoming WIDER Webinar, on Afrobarometer and SDG Scorecards. Think WIDER – New perspectives on development webinar series features a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists who present their work and discuss new perspectives to the topic of global development.

30 November 2021 | 16:00-17:00 Helsinki time | Register for the event here

WIDER Weminar | Afrobarometer and SDG Scorecards

Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life. Its goal is to give the public a voice in policymaking by ensuring access to high-quality public opinion data and analysis for policymakers, policy advocates, civil society organizations, academics, news media, donors and investors, and ordinary Africans.

Joseph Asunka, Afrobarometer chief executive officer, will introduce SDG Scorecards that highlight citizens' experiences and evaluations of their country's performance against 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

About the speakers

Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi is co-founder and board chair of the Afrobarometer. He is also co-founder and former executive director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, a leading independent democracy and good governance think tank in Accra, Ghana.

Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021. He was previously program officer in the Global Development and Population program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation where he managed a portfolio of grants that support efforts to increase transparency and accountability in fiscal governance and foster citizen participation to improve public services in developing countries.

Register for the event here.

Leeni Varis

Communications Team Assistant

United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland

Phone +358 (0)9 615 99257  | Email varis@wider.unu.edu | wider.unu.edu