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Blogpost l Poor numbers are not sexy
19 February 2013 | blogpost, data, evidence-based, online debate, post-2015, statisticsThe issue of statistical capacity building in developing countries is actually becoming a sexy issue. I can’t believe I am saying this. Though, we can ask Hal Varian for his opinion on that here....
Blogpost l Participant confidentiality and open access to research data
19 February 2013 | access-to-data, data, methodology, open access, researchWhile protecting human subjects’ confidentiality is a long-standing practice in the social sciences, new types of digital datasets present new challenges. Tensions between privacy and openness were...
Blogpost | It’s not only about the goals
06 February 2013 | blogpost, data, mdgs, measure progress, measurement, post-2015In his annual letter, Bill Gates invokes the power of measurement to drive results, and suggests the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) owed to their coherent focus on a set of...
Promoting Citizen-Centred Security through South-South Cooperation I Brasilia 2012
14 December 2012 | Brasilia, brazil, citizen security, data, event, events, governance assessments, monitoring, security, south south cooperation, south-south, workshop, workshopsFrom national security to citizen security For decades, the term “security” in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was synonymous with national security, where the army and police had...
Blogpost l Unshared Government Data is a Waste
12 December 2012 | blogpost, data, ict4d, information-sharingI have witnessed AidData grow from a primarily research-oriented resource for Western academics and policy wonks to a truly global platform for sharing all types of development information. With this...
United Kingdom: Are squeezed households happier?
21 November 2012 | data, financial crisis, gdp, household-level, united kingdom, well-being" Are squeezed households happier? Money doesn’t make you happy – but it helps. While most would agree that hard cash provides some succour from life’s travails, measuring the link between wealth and...
Afghanistan: Insecurity, Unemployment, and Corruption Drive Perceptions of Afghan People | In Asia
15 November 2012 | afghanistan, civ society, data, perception surveyOn November 14, The Asia Foundation released the results of its eighth annual Survey of the Afghan People in Kabul and Washington, D.C. The survey is the most comprehensive and credible nationwide...
Community Indicators Conference
14 November 2012 | community, data, indicators, trackingCIC’s Impact Summit – November 15-16,2012 in College Park, MD — will be a forum for community indicators practitioners and stakeholders to share projects, research and lessons of various fields...
Blogpost: Happiness index: how much do we trust the government?
05 November 2012 | blogpost, civ society, data, democracy, government, happiness measures, trust, united kingdomTrust in the UK parliament and government is down but belief in the British democratic system is still high, according to the latest publication from the Measuring National Well-being Programme. The...
Launch of The Asia Foundation’s 2012 Survey of the Afghan People
02 November 2012 | afghanistan, data, public opinion, release, surveyOn November 14th, in Kabul and Washington, D.C., The Asia Foundation will release findings from Afghanistan in 2012: A Survey of the Afghan People–the broadest, most comprehensive public opinion poll...