Comments on: Proxy Indicators, or Making It Up As We Go Along http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/12/16/proxy-indicators-or-making-it-up-as-we-go-along/ because information can save lives Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/12/16/proxy-indicators-or-making-it-up-as-we-go-along/comment-page-1/#comment-114319 Paul Currion Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:16 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/12/16/proxy-indicators-or-making-it-up-as-we-go-along/#comment-114319 In fact, it was a deliberate provocation in order to get people to submit better information. The strange reality is that when people see that their organisation has been left off a map, they feel a need to correct it - whereas if they're left off a spreadsheet, they couldn't care less! In fact, it was a deliberate provocation in order to get people to submit better information. The strange reality is that when people see that their organisation has been left off a map, they feel a need to correct it – whereas if they’re left off a spreadsheet, they couldn’t care less!

]]> By: Dennis King http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/12/16/proxy-indicators-or-making-it-up-as-we-go-along/comment-page-1/#comment-114308 Dennis King Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:49:01 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/12/16/proxy-indicators-or-making-it-up-as-we-go-along/#comment-114308 Paul, Thanks for your work in Bangladesh and relaying those two real life examples of the need and even value of using proxy indicators and scrappy maps. As you know, we have to work with the best data and resources available, which is usually not up to the standards or requirements of the purists. However, we must start somewhere, and often there is value in presenting data and analysis that we admit is incomplete and faulty in order that it might be corrected or updated with new or externally contributed information... Regards, Dennis King Washington DC Paul,

Thanks for your work in Bangladesh and relaying those two real life examples of the need and even value of using proxy indicators and scrappy maps.

As you know, we have to work with the best data and resources available, which is usually not up to the standards or requirements of the purists. However, we must start somewhere, and often there is value in presenting data and analysis that we admit is incomplete and faulty in order that it might be corrected or updated with new or externally contributed information…

Regards,

Dennis King
Washington DC

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