TY - JOUR
T1 - A proposed integrated data collection, analysis and sharing platform for impact evaluation
AU - Kipf, Andreas
AU - Brunette, Waylon
AU - Kellerstrass, Jordan
AU - Podolsky, Matthew
AU - Rosa, Javier
AU - Sundt, Mitchell
AU - Wilson, Daniel
AU - Borriello, Gaetano
AU - Brewer, Eric
AU - Thomas, Evan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Global poverty reduction efforts value monitoring and evaluation, but often struggle to translate lessons learned from one intervention into practical application in another intervention. Commonly, data is not easily or often shared between interventions and summary data collected as part of an impact evaluation is often not available until after the intervention is complete. Equally limiting, the workflows that lead to research results are rarely published in a reproducible, reusable, and easy-to-understand fashion for others. Information and communication technologies widely used in commercial and government programs are growing in relevance for international global development professionals and offer a potential towards better data and workflow sharing. However, the technical and custom nature of many data management systems limits their accessibility to non-ICT professionals. The authors propose an end-to-end data collection, management, and dissemination platform designed for use by global development program managers and researchers. The system leverages smartphones, cellular based sensors, and cloud storage and computing to lower the entry barrier to impact evaluation.
AB - Global poverty reduction efforts value monitoring and evaluation, but often struggle to translate lessons learned from one intervention into practical application in another intervention. Commonly, data is not easily or often shared between interventions and summary data collected as part of an impact evaluation is often not available until after the intervention is complete. Equally limiting, the workflows that lead to research results are rarely published in a reproducible, reusable, and easy-to-understand fashion for others. Information and communication technologies widely used in commercial and government programs are growing in relevance for international global development professionals and offer a potential towards better data and workflow sharing. However, the technical and custom nature of many data management systems limits their accessibility to non-ICT professionals. The authors propose an end-to-end data collection, management, and dissemination platform designed for use by global development program managers and researchers. The system leverages smartphones, cellular based sensors, and cloud storage and computing to lower the entry barrier to impact evaluation.
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Global development
KW - ICT4D
KW - Impact analysis
KW - Provenance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.deveng.2015.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.deveng.2015.12.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963682900
SN - 2352-7285
VL - 1
SP - 36
EP - 44
JO - Development Engineering
JF - Development Engineering
ER -