It may still be useful to subcontract out some aspects of measurement and monitoring to third parties in the private sector or in academia (especially where deeper technical expertise may be needed). However, we suggest that governments need to have a large degree of ownership over and visibility into this work in order for it to strengthen policymaking. In particular, governments should set the objectives for projects and ensure that core infrastructure (e.g., aggregated datasets, search tools, indexes) remains within government (while ensuring it can also be accessible to third parties where needed).
