Volume 44. Issue 2
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Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: Concepts and Methods
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)In assessing the value of different approaches to real?time monitoring for the most vulnerable, an initial requirement is to set out a conceptual framework that provides at least some degree of clarity as to what precisely ... -
Introduction: Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable – Investing in Common Guidance for Equity and Quality
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)Growth in the use of real?time digital information for monitoring has been rapid in developing countries across all the social sectors, and in the health sector has been remarkable. Commonly these Real Time Monitoring (RTM) ... -
Real Time Monitoring and the New Information Technologies
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)Debates as to the potential role of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in monitoring the wellbeing of vulnerable groups is often bedevilled by the failure of two principal actors – social researchers and ... -
The RIM Initiative in Vietnam: ‘Prioritise Rapid Results rather than Publishable Results’
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)The 2009 Rapid Impact Monitoring (RIM) initiative in Vietnam was one of a number of studies undertaken in East Asia and Pacific countries to assess the initial poverty and social impacts of the global economic crisis. In ... -
Real Time Monitoring in Romania: Part of the Bigger Picture
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)In 2009–10, a Rapid Assessment of the Social and Poverty Impacts of the Economic Crisis was undertaken in Romania to gain timely and in?depth information about the impact of the crisis on particular groups in society. This ... -
Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: UNICEF's Experience in Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)This article reviews two Real Time Monitoring (RTM) initiatives in Uganda that utilise RapidSMS technology. mTrac uses mobile phones to transmit local health information, including disease surveillance, malaria treatment ... -
Lessons from Senegal's Database System for Case Management for Child Protection: A Pilot Project on Web?based and Mobile Technology
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)This case study on the Database System for Case Management for Child Protection in Senegal focuses on rapid monitoring for immediate use in service delivery and (thus) complements other country studies in this IDS Bulletin ... -
Real Time Monitoring with Indigenous Peoples: Technical, Social and Political Challenges, and Lessons from Brazil
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)The government of Brazil has introduced two health and nutrition monitoring systems (the Indigenous Health Care Information System (SIASI) and the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System for Indigenous People (SISVAN?I) as ... -
Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: Pre-Primary Education in Bangladesh
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)One of the most unique examples of real?time monitoring supported by UNICEF is found in Bangladesh in the pre?primary education (PPE) programme operated by BRAC. Randomisation techniques are used for school selection by ... -
Real Time Monitoring for the Most Vulnerable: Yemen Social Protection Monitoring Survey 2011–2012
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)Yemen has confronted multiple emergencies prompted, in part, by a protracted political crisis but the impacts of these emergencies on household wellbeing were not well understood. This UNICEF monitoring project sought to ... -
Real Time Monitoring in Disasters
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, March 2013)This article discusses some of the opportunities emerging from the changing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) landscape for improving and enhancing agency response within the disaster cycle. There are constant ... -
Glossary
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