Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960531091621.20676B-100000@cor-oz> Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 09:18:48 -0600 From: James Mayfield <mailto:jbm6222@TEC.OZ.CC.UTAH.EDU> Subject: Re: STANDARD DEVELOPMENT TOOLS To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Your suggestion that we seek to develop a common survey instrument for village analysis would be very helpful. We at the CHOICE organization are presently working in ten countries and in at least 200 villages. I would love to work with you in field testing and helping to coordinate your efforts.James B. Mayfield, PhD CHOICE
On Thu, 30 May 1996 mailto:RIAZKHAN@NLDP.SDNPK.UNDP.ORG wrote:
> Dear List members,
> Over the past few years I have noticed that many organizations are
> carrying out socio-economic surveys of villages and communities.
> Every one is designing thier own form. Some forms are very
> detailed while others are very simple. Some do the analysis by hand
> while others do it on the computer by developing the software. I
> myself have designed a software for Village survey analysis. All this
> is very time consuming and costly. Moreover it becomes difficult to
> aggregate data from two surveys. I was wondering if we could
> develop a standard international survey format and the accompanying
> software which could be used by NGOs, Government,and international
> Donors like World Bank.
> Theoretically it should be a very simple exercise. In the field
> of library and Information science there is the USMARC format which is
> followed by most countries. It makes exchange of information extremely
> easy between libraries. Maybe such a standard survey form and
> software has already been developed. If so then I would love to have a
> copy of it.
>