Singapore government’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched the Global Veritas Challenge to promote the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the financial sector

The challenge aims to accelerate the development of Artificial Intelligence and data analytics solutions that adhere to the Veritas framework’s fairness, ethics, accountability, and transparency (FEAT) principles. The FEAT principles were developed in 2018 by MAS and the financial industry to strengthen internal governance around the use of AI and data management and use.

The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for all matters related to information and communication technologies. The ITU promotes the shared global use of the radio spectrum, facilitates international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, assists in developing and coordinating worldwide technical standards, and works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world. It is also active in the areas of broadband Internet, wireless technologies, aeronautical and maritime navigation, radio astronomy, satellite-based meteorology, TV broadcasting, and next-generation networks.

The OECD Statistics and Data Directorate (SDD) provides statistics, across the spectrum of economic and social accounts, for evidence-based policy making in traditional and emerging policy areas. SDD also supports and coordinates the OECD statistical system, providing tools and “smart data” solutions.

The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

The IMF’s principal statistical publication is International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. For most countries, IFS Online reports data on the balance of payments, international investment position, international liquidity, monetary and financial statistics, exchange rates, interest rates and more.

The EU Open Data Portal (EU OPD) is the point of access to public data published by the EU institutions, agencies and other bodies.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to strengthen the capacity of the African Union Commission (AUC) and participating countr ies to serve African citizens, businesses, and governments through adoption of selected digital public sector platforms.

• Country: Eastern Africa
• Commitment amount: $300 million

Expanding digital inclusion and fostering development of the digital infrastructure, institutions and capabilities for the economy, jobs and government of the future

• Country: Kenya
• Commitment amount: $350 million

The overarching Development Objective of the proposed Development Policy Financing (DPF) series is to improve financial inclusion, digital entrepreneurship and access to digital infrastructure and services for individuals and businesses and strengthen the resilience of households and firms.

• Country: Morocco
• Commitment amount: $500 million

• Organization: US Department of Health and Human Services
• Challenge: Invites providers, researchers, and technology developers to develop innovative tools and resources that support validation and novel uses of synthetic data for health outcomes.
• Launch date: January 19, 2021
• Open until: July 13, 2021
• Prizes: Up to six winners to be selected for prizes ranging from $10,000 – $50,000.

• Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
• Challenge: Ideas, analytics, visualizations, algorithms to de-identify data sets containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such that the data sets remain valuable tools yet cannot compromise the privacy of individuals whose information is contained within the data set.
• Launch date: October 1, 2020
• Open until: May 17, 2021
• Prizes: Up to $276,000

The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalogue.

UNdata is a web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. The numerous databases contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade.

UNdata is maintained by the Development Data Section of the Development Data and Outreach Branch within the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) of the UN Secretariat.