TheBig Data for Development Network (BD4D) released its first newsletter which notes the importance of big data in monitoring the process of the 2030 Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). According to BD4D, big data contributes to diminishing information and inequality gaps, generate evidence-based public policies, develop information inventory and statistical operations, create synergies among different stakeholders, and improve the distribution of resources. The use of big data can support better public policies through identifying critical points of crime or vehicular congestion or the impetus of social behaviors vis-