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Using supply-chain data to improve the quality of public health services in Nepal
Gyan’s demand for data and information "We use data to ensure balance in stock levels so that adequate health supplies and medicines are made accessible al
Using data to reduce diseases, and improve healthcare, for children in Nepal
Using agricultural data to guide government’s food security efforts in Nepal
Metadata for open data portals
This paper investigates how open data portals share their metadata and explores the most prevalent underlying metadata standards used.
How can Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) be used to address the needs of databases?
This paper aims to find a practical approach to applying DCAT to satisfy the needs of a portal that provides dynamic visualisations & a database that drives it.
Why was IODC2016 important for Joined-Up Data Standards?
In July this year we launched a consultation paper aimed at starting a discussion on what technical and political solutions to joined-up data challenges co
Using community-generated data to deliver and track the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level
The project, led by the Open Institute, with Development Initiatives working as the partner responsible for data quality and analysis, has begun with a pil
The P20: methods for tracking the status of people in the poorest 20%
Agenda 2030 is clear in its ambitions—everyone should be included in global progress over the next 15 years. But most discussions of progress focus on aggr
Household surveys: do competing standards serve country needs?
Our research finds that two-thirds of questions in the 2 most widely used household surveys are either identical or similar enough to be practically comparable.