Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...

A cyclist rides her bike along a designated bicycle lane on a street in London, England. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) “We aim to double cycling activity,” boasted the Westminister ...

Liberty Vittert is a member and ambassador of the Royal Statistical Society. The views in this article are entirely her own. What value do statistics really have when it comes to describing events in ...

UNHCR publishes official statistics on forced displacement twice a year. The statistics are published 4-6 months after the end of the reporting period due to the time needed for data collection, ...