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Catalyzing Development: Sharing Development Information Effectively
Development agencies frequently talk of “catalyzing development” – What does this mean in the context of World Development Information…
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Data on Women and Girls: What Can We Do Better?
The case for collecting disaggregated data on women and girls is well-established, yet with only 13% of countries currently...
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How to Build a Data System for Urban Malaria Surveillance
Vector borne communicable diseases such as malaria pose a significant public health threat in urban clusters. Sprawling cities have been identified...
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Using Data Science to Predict Future Increases in Women and Girls’ Literacy Rates
Methodology To calculate the estimates, a model which has the starting point 0 (which indicates 0 zero literacy rate...
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Vellore: Set to Become a Smart City
Vellore City is Northern Tamil Nadu’s gateway and an important corridor city of strategic relevance. The city is of...
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Using Tech to Optimize Health Data Management in India
This blog entry has been re-published on our website with the express permission of SAIS Perspectives. For the original...
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International Tiger Day: Big Data for Big Cats
Global trends of urbanization, industrialization, agricultural expansion, and rapid development of infrastructure have led to massive change in land...
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4 Reasons Why Cities Need to Revisit Sanitation Strategies
Time for our cities to start thinking about Service Level Improvement Plans (SLIPs) differently. The increasing recognition of investment...
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ARMIS: Using Data to Enhance Urban Mobility
Written in collaboration with Ankit Chatri In a significant move towards using information technology and data to enhance the...
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Data Systems in India: The Case for an Audacious Overhaul
This blog is an outcome of a discussion on the current state of data systems in India and the...
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Data Analytics for the Kerala Harvest Festival of Onam
It was a customary Onam celebration at Athena with a colorfully arranged Onam pookalam (traditional flower arangement) adorning the...
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How Can Chennai Listen Better to Data? A Case for Putting Data to Work in Cities
During a recent brainstorming exercise on ‘designing interventions to improve the status of Solid Waste Management’ in a pilot...
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Are we ready for Direct Benefit Transfer through Aadhaar?
In an interesting development, the Central Government has decided to move forward on Aadhaar based DBT for PDS. The...
Data Solutions
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Barriers to Women Adopting Decision-Making Roles in Sanitation-Related Public Bodies and Attitudinal Differences Between Male and Female Decision-Makers
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Understanding Demand and Funding for Piped Water Supply in Mandalay
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Assessment Evaluation of Local Competitiveness Facility (LCF)
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Child Friendliness City Index
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Timor Leste Affordable Housing Rapid Analysis
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Strengthening Social Impact Reporting