Going digital has made data cheap and visible. And while our intent was to improve our projects, we inadvertently have built a surveillance system
The Data Seesaw
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From the Blog on Unintended Consequences
Never the Intent
As a development and humanitarian community, we have made great strides over the past decade in using digital technologies. We have moved many processes from paper to digital. Collecting data is nothing new for us; now we have more of it and greater, plus quicker...
Aid is no longer free
"We would like to digitally register 5 million vulnerable people in South Sudan" reads the request for proposals. It goes on to give the reasons for this - reduce duplicate beneficiaries, improve targeting, reduce fraud, track who receives what and so on. As our aid...