Policy in Perspective from The LBJ School of Public Affairs

Tag: Innovations for Peace and Development

In Defense of Pretty Maps

Cartography is pretty hot these days. Maps tap into our brains’ spatial reasoning abilities to make any public issue more immediate and understandable to wider audiences—and with the advent of open data and free tools, anyone with a computer can produce maps. Clearly, the trend has particular consequences for policymaking, although the burden of proof […]

Tags AidData, Cartography, Innovations for Peace and Development, International Development, Mapping for Results, Maps, Summer Internships, USAID, USAID Africa Bureau

Making Maps for Data Driven Decisions

Post author By Amelia Pittman
Post date July 28, 2014
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During my internship with the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact (CII) in the Global Health Bureau at USAID, I attended a training that the GeoCenter conducted. They are a team of geospatial analysts who work to integrate a geographic approach into USAID’s development programs. Participants learned how to make and use maps to answer […]

Tags aid tracking, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, GIS mapping, Global Health Bureau, Innovations for Peace and Development, international aid, International Development, Misc, Summer Internships, The LBJ School of Public Affairs, USAID