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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Sustainable Farmer Producer Organizations for Improved Agricultural Productivity and Farmer Livelihoods -
Affordable Green Housing Finance India – Market Research and Development of Business Case -
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Understanding Demand and Funding for Piped Water Supply in Mandalay -
Assessment Evaluation of Local Competitiveness Facility (LCF) -
Child Friendliness City Index