A Geographic Approach to International Development

Carrie StokesUSAID Geographer & GeoCenter Director

We partner to end extreme poverty & promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security & prosperity

USG Foreign Assistance

Agriculture * Biodiversity * Climate Change * Conflict * Democracy & Governance Economic Growth * Education * Humanitarian Assistance * Health * Water

U.S. Global Development Lab

Applying science, technology, innovation, & partnership to help solve the world’s greatest challenges

• Where is priority development need concentrated?

• Where are we working?

• How do the two (above) compare?

• Is the same project more effective in one location vs. another?

• Can we leverage investments across sectors in the same area?

Geographic analysis for development programming

What Do We Do?

• Mapping & analysis

• Build Agency capacity to use geographic data and tools

• Establish methods to collect, manage, & share data

• Engage with geospatial communities: interagency, international, academic, non-governmental, private sector

How Do We Do It?

• Foreign Assistance Dashboard - mapping USAID investments

• Geographic analysis of human vulnerability in the Sahel of W. Africa

• Electric power access in East Africa

• Mapping access to health services in Malawi

• Countering human trafficking in Southeast Asia

• Immigration of unaccompanied children from Central America

• Open Data: mapping for resilience & disasters

• Geographic prioritization in Indonesia

Example Projects

Mapping USAID Investments by Country, Financial Stage,Sector, & Year: 2009 – 2013

Geographic Analysis of Human Vulnerability: Niger

Access to Electric Power: Ethiopia

Access to Maternal & Newborn Health Services: Malawi

Countering Human Trafficking: Thailand

Unaccompanied Children Place of Origin & Poverty: Honduras

Prioritization of USAID Programming: Indonesia

Open Data & Mapping for Resilience: Kathmandu, Nepal

Field Surveyors

• $20+ million worth of hi-res imagery leveraged

• 16,000+ buildings mapped by volunteers

• 420 USAID staff trained

• 60 projects completed

• 50 Field offices assisted

• 1 global network of USAID Geo-Specialists established

Results by the Numbers

Interactive mapwww. usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab