Project

Proof of Concept: Improved Demographic Data Management

Client

United States Agency for International Development

Year

2006

Description

With funding support from USAID’s Famine Early Warning System, Kimetrica staff developed a methodology and trial software for estimating populations at risk or impacted by natural or human caused disasters. Using sophisticated software techniques and specialized data from Oak Ridge National Laboratories, the proof of concept demographic data management software is able to provide early warning analysts and humanitarian relief responders with accurate estimates – down to 1 km square grids – of the total population affected and age and sex breakdowns. A Kimetrica paper describing the DDM application entitled “Practical Approaches to Population Estimation for Famine Early Warning and Food Security Analysis” is under peer review.

Download USAID Briefing Note: Crisis or not, Better Population Estimates are Possible