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Data for decision making (DDM)

This report explores the results of case studies conducted on the experiences of five developing countries (Ivory Coast, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, and Sri Lanka) with strategies to mobilize resources for health finance. DEC abstract (PN-ACJ-611)

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Review evidence

86 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 66 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

The program's mission was to help decision-makers in developing countries use and adopt appropriate tools and methods for the collection and analysis of data to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of health sector.1 The project was established in 1991 at Harvard University as a consortium with the Research Triangle Institute and Intercultural Communication, Inc.1 The DDM Project was initiated by USAID in September of 1991.2 The 1999-2000 fiscal year was the final one for the Data for Decision Making Project, completing nine years of work.3

Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.

Operated in: Africa South of Sahara, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Poland, Bolivia, Indonesia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Sri Lanka, India, Latin America, Ivory Coast, Chile, Uganda, East Africa, Sweden, Africa, Brazil, Southern Hemisphere, West Africa, New Zealand, Tanzania, Singapore, France, Zambia, Denmark, United States, Colombia.

Years: 1991 to 2003 award start, end from document years
Implementer: Harvard University. School of Public Health; Harvard University. School of Public Health. Dept. of Population and International Health; Research Triangle Institute (RTI); and 6 more 41 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition. Ofc. of Health and Nutrition; DPE-5991-A-1052; DPE-A-91-00052
Purpose: The program's mission was to help decision-makers in developing countries use and adopt appropriate tools and methods for the collection and analysis of data to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of health sector.source

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far

No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.

Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Harvard University. School of Public Health	implementer	1993 to 2003	Stated in a document	41 sources
Harvard University. School of Public Health. Dept. of Population and International Health	implementer	1993 to 1997	Stated in a document

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
DPE-5991-A-1052 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded)	1993 to 2003	Stated in a document	64 sources
DPE-A-91-00052 (cooperative agreement, FY1991)	1993 to 2003	Stated in a document	43 sources

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets

Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
Final report : evaluation of the data for decision-making (DDM) project in Bolivia	1996	PD-ABY-899	linked as an evaluation of this program

Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Data for decision making (DDM)

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition. Ofc. of Health and Nutrition	1993 to 2000	Stated in a document	61 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Ofc. of Sustainable Development	1994 to 1997	Stated in a document	25 sources
USAID. Mission to Egypt	1994 to 1998	Stated in a document	8 sources
USAID. Mission to Zimbabwe	1996	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Bolivia	1996	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Africa. Regional Economic Development Services Ofc. (REDSO) East Africa	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Ivory Coast	years not recorded	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Ghana	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to India	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Indonesia	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Kenya	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Sri Lanka	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Global Health. Ofc. of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition	2003	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Ctr for Population, Health & Nutrition	1993 to 2003	Stated in a document	22 sources
Africa Regional	1994 to 1997	Stated in a document	12 sources
Egypt	1994 to 1998	Stated in a document	10 sources
Poland	1997 to 1998	Stated in a document	8 sources
Zimbabwe	1996	Stated in a document	4 sources
Bolivia	1996	Stated in a document	2 sources
Ivory Coast [Cote d'Ivoire]	years not recorded	Stated in a document	1 source
REDSO/ESA	1997	Stated in a document	1 source
Ghana	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
India	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Indonesia	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Kenya	1996	Stated in a document	1 source
Sri Lanka	1997	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked0

Places29

Timelineyears: award years, end from document years

Political context

Implementers9

Awards and funding sources32

Topic tags15

Similar programs

Evaluations and lessons1

Documents by lifecycle stage66years in documents

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with