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Hands on a braille book_disability
September 22, 2022
Persons with disability: Undercounted and underserved
The National Family Health Survey's narrow view of disability undercounts the disabled in India and restricts their access to social welfare.
by Abhishek Anicca, IndiaSpend | 9 min read
School girls working on laptops-EdTech
September 2, 2022
EdTech in India needs stronger regulation
Misleading ads and data and privacy violations by Indian EdTech companies are rampant; it’s time for a regulatory framework with some teeth.
by Anirudh Chakradhar | 5 min read
A sari-clad woman sitting outside her home_Flickr-census
July 14, 2022
Delayed census: How India’s welfare schemes are suffering
The country’s census, pending since the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, is unlikely to be conducted anytime soon. This is creating visible data gaps, which in turn excludes people from social welfare schemes and programmes.
by IndiaSpend, Shreehari Paliath | 8 min read
a tablet showing a dashboard, some papers with graphs and a pen - data dashboard
June 28, 2022
How to build an effective data dashboard
Good monitoring dashboards help with data analysis and programme implementation in the social sector. Here are seven things to keep in mind when building them.
by Eric Dodge, Tanmay Verma | 5 min read
A photo a house in Vasad, Gujarat with a women sitting in the verandah-poverty
April 27, 2022
Who is ‘officially’ poor in India?
Households just above the poverty line in India may still be deprived in many ways. Here's why we need to adopt an alternate definition of poverty.
by IndiaSpend, Nushaiba Iqbal | 6 min read
Shaila, an enumerator at Good Business Lab is standing in a garment factory and reading a report
April 19, 2022
Breaking the glass ceiling, one survey at a time
A day in the life of an enumerator from Karnataka who talks about the challenges of being a working woman and the value of good communication in data collection.
by Shaila Mahalamani | 6 min read
A researcher speaks to a local-research
April 15, 2022
Why we need to pay research participants
Despite their significant contributions to data collection, research participants are often inadequately compensated. Here’s why this must change.
by Douglas MacKay | 7 min read
Numbers on a chalkboard-government
February 25, 2022
Fixing how funds flow through government systems
Public service delivery in areas like education and healthcare often fails due to ineffective payment systems. Here’s what’s wrong and what needs to change.
by Charity Troyer Moore | 5 min read
water containers outside a well-water security
December 15, 2021
We cannot achieve water security without good data
Solving India’s water crisis requires us to take a hard look at how we collect and use data.
by Dr Veena Srinivasan | 4 min read
A woman in a green saree carrying construction material on her head. Multidimensional poverty index takes into account poverty beyond a lack of income
December 7, 2021
Multidimensional Poverty Index: Everything you need to know
A compilation of articles that explain the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), its significance, and key findings from India’s first national MPI.
by Elisha Vermani | 2 min read
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