You are highlighting an overlooked and important issue. Much publicly funded policy making and evaluation rests on assumptions that valid data exists, measures what matters to local people, is accessible and that the ways we analyse it are capable of capturing the dynamics of change.
Thanks for the comment. I just don’t understand the lack of interest in measuring what goes on in our poorest areas. The more we know, the better we can target funding and solutions. I’m meeting a senior academic in August. I’ll try my best to generate some interest in doing what could easily be groundbreaking research.
I think the central issue is are people living here now (in this place) able to thrive? What conditions are helping them to thrive? What can we each do now to support?
You are highlighting an overlooked and important issue. Much publicly funded policy making and evaluation rests on assumptions that valid data exists, measures what matters to local people, is accessible and that the ways we analyse it are capable of capturing the dynamics of change.
Thanks for the comment. I just don’t understand the lack of interest in measuring what goes on in our poorest areas. The more we know, the better we can target funding and solutions. I’m meeting a senior academic in August. I’ll try my best to generate some interest in doing what could easily be groundbreaking research.
I think the central issue is are people living here now (in this place) able to thrive? What conditions are helping them to thrive? What can we each do now to support?