From Data to Policy: How National Accounts Power the Sustainable Development Simulator

National accounts—the systematic record of a nation’s economic activity, including GDP, spending, and trade—are foundational to effective policy making. But how can this data drive progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Join the Millennium Institute to discover how our Sustainable Development Simulator uses national accounts to model policy impacts and inform SDG strategies.

This session covers:

• How national accounts and other key indicators are collected, processed, and integrated into the Sustainable Development Simulator.

• How the simulator’s systems-based modeling approach transforms data into insights through scenario analysis.

• Insights from the simulator’s application in Brazil, highlighting how data quality and model structure shape outputs.

This webinar is ideal for policymakers, government advisors, economists, and data specialists working with policy planning or SDG implementation, as well as development professionals and researchers seeking tools to connect data with sustainable development strategies.