A report by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's Independent Expert Advisory Group on the data revolution for sustainable development suggests: Data are the lifeblood of decision making and the raw material for accountability. Without high-quality data providing the right information on the right trend, at the right time, designing, monitoring and evaluating effective policies becomes almost impossible. (Secretary-General's IEAG 2014: 2) This report captures the growing preoccupation with and reliance on data and indicators to guide decision-making and to design policies and programs at the international and national levels.
Wellbeing' frameworks are an increasingly modern iteration of nationstate policy approaches; however 'universal' wellbeing frameworks are often reductionist, disconnected from place and human-centred • Long practised, Indigenous ontology underpins planning for living well in a place-based, relational manner • Indigenous frameworks that are grounded in Country foster intergenerational wellbeing that recognises the centrality of other-than-human elements • National and local wellbeing could meaningfully intertwine by layering contemporary frameworks with relational, Country-based understandings of good living
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