Work in progress
Uwazi has started preparations for a number of activities. They include:
Analyzing Uwezo data on learning
In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania Uwezo has collected data on learning. Uwazi assists the Uwezo country teams with their analysis and helps prepare joint publications that amongst other consider inequalities in learning or the relation between school quality and learning outcomes.
Service monitoring in Dar es Salaam
Uwazi partners with DataVision to implement a representative baseline survey in Dar es Salaam. Following the baseline survey, respondents will be asked to answer an additional 10 questions every week using their mobile phone. In this way Uwazi expects to be able to monitor the quality of service provision very regularly. The mobile phone survey will also be used to collect people's views and opinions on a wide range of issues.
More about this survey can be found on the blog: mobiledatagathering.
People's Price Index
Uwazi partners with Synovate and REPOA to assess price movements in urban and in rural areas in Tanzania. Using in-village enumerators in 21 locations prices will be collected for about 80 products on a monthly basis. These prices are used to construct a monthly price index for rural and urban areas.
All data will be made available and, as prices are collected for urban areas and associated rural locations we believe it forms an excellent basis to study transaction costs.
