Data Analysis for NGOs: Turning Field Data into Actionable Reports
The NGO Data Problem International NGOs collect vast amounts of data: beneficiary registrations, distributions, survey responses, monitoring visits, financial disbursements. Much of it ends up in spreadsheets passed around by email, or in ODK forms that nobody has time to aggregate. The gap between “we have the data” and “we can make decisions from the data” is where I’ve spent a significant part of my consulting work — with Concern Worldwide, Save the Children, and Oxfam. ...