We are on the cusp of the last Sustainable Development Goals decade – it must be the decade of implementation #CommitToEducation, July 2019

Education transforms lives: empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality (UNESCO, July 2019) cover photo c Getty/Kerkez

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Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4 - quality education) needs inclusive policies, better data, increased financing to drive national progress.

Better data

Today, countries can report less than half of the data needed to monitor SDG 4’s global and thematic indicators. To better direct policies and investments, countries, donors and civil society groups need more and better data, which is why it is essential to invest in national statistical systems.