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Actionability: Difficulty in translating published data into real-life policy or practical insights/actions.
Budget: Did producers of this data find it difficult to deliver the research product on time on the budget that you allocated for this product?
Human capital: How difficult was it to get skilled personnel for research this data?
Lack of Demand: Lack of demand (or unknown or uncertain demand) for a certain type of governance data or data for a particular country.
Interopeability: The data was of such a different type and format that it was difficult to use it effectively alongside other data or information.
Mandate: Did producers of this product found it difficult to research because of existing regulations or censorship?
Regularity of coverage: Was this data at least for some of the countries available for limited number of years in the past? Or may be most recent data was not available? Insufficient and sporadically produced data? Certain countries have never been covered for this governance data?
Relevance: Produced data not of significance to the requirements of the users.
Technical capacity: Did you find the data producers involved in this project adequately knowledgeable about research methods, data analysis, application of special software to your satisfaction?
Time: Was the project on schedule? Did time become a major impediment to publishing high-quality, impactful research or otherwise limit your ambitions?

About/FAQ

The data, maps, and charts contained on this minisite were gathered and generated in preparation for a two day exploratory meeting around possibilities for a Governance Data Alliance on April 1516 2014, organized by Global Integrity and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The source data that comprise the materials on this minisite were gathered from participants attending the meeting. While certainly not a representative sample, these data provide an interesting set of insights into historic, current, and future possibilities and constraints vis a vis improved coordination in the production and use of “governance” data, generously defined. For a full description of the gathering please review this blog post.

The Map feature of this minisite offers a quick glance at the historic and anticipated future coverage gaps and redundancies in the production of various governance data. The Future Production Costs page provides a glimpse into anticipated production cost increases on a per product and aggregate basis. Historic Investments offers insights into the rough amounts various funders and donors have invested into a range of governance data research products. Constraints offers an interesting comparison of the respective challenges that governance data producers, users, and enablers perceive in the context of their current and future work.

For more information please contact Global Integrity via info [at] globalintegrity [dot] org or +12024494100.