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  In part one we discussed the challenges of data collection in Uganda. In today’s follow up piece, we have further hurdles that we need to overcome and some rude awakenings in making sense of the collected and analysed data.   This lesson started when we embarked on an effort...

  Here at Development Initiatives and Development Research and Training (DRT) we are currently piloting a ‘Joined-Up Data’ study in Uganda. We have been working in the rural districts of Kitgum and Katakwi, following the emergence of two issues: (1) the really bad results of students completing primary education, and (2) the unacceptably...

  In September, Markets for Good published the first in a series of articles about Riders for Health’s new project in Lesotho. Having worked in the Southern African country since 2009, this new project sees us partner with UNICEF, the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission and the Lesotho Ministry of Health....

  Washington Nonprofits (WN) is the state association for the 58,000+ charitable organizations in Washington State. As a new organization (3 years this fall), we’ve sometimes struggled with how to serve the incredible diversity that is our sector. This article retraces our journey over the past year to learn how...

In November, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data,...

  Here’s a truth that’s rarely spoken: if a key funder asks a nonprofit for data it doesn’t really have, it’s standard practice for nonprofits to simply invent plausible data to fill the gaps.   On its face, this seems outrageous. As a sector, how can we ever hope to...

  Demand for reliable, globally comparable data on philanthropy has never been greater – recent initiatives such as Markets for Good, focusing on information for social impact, attest the importance of data to drive efficiency and innovation. Here at WINGS, we are an independent not-for-profit global network that brings together...

  In my last blog for Markets for Good I wrote about the importance of data to Riders for Health and our programmes. In seven countries across Africa our technicians are managing and maintaining vehicles so health workers can reach people with reliable health care in even the most remote...

The world of nonprofit data is full of buzzwords and jargon that gets tossed around a lot, often indiscriminately. Some of those words have specific definitions that are subtly—and sometimes completely—different from how they’re being used, while others are vague to the extent that they become almost meaningless. What do...

Does Markets for Good count as a social movement?  Surely it cannot compare to the great social movements of the 20th century in terms of moral resonance or aspiration towards greater human dignity.  But it is a collective, decadal effort to build a better world; perhaps someday history will judge...