ISD Resources
The following resources are available for you to download. Most are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Acrobat Reader is available free from Adobe, if you don't already have it. If you would prefer that we mail a hard copy to you, please e-mail us.
Brochures and Service Descriptions
Information for Sustainable Development (833 KB brochure)
Presentations and Posters
Experiences and Lessons in Developing a Poverty Information System in Niger and Mali. David Healy, Moise Ballo, and Andrew Stancioff, Stone Environmental Inc. Presented at the AfricaGIS 2003 Conference, Dakar, Senegal, November 3-7, 2003. (3.6 MB presentation)
Developing a Poverty Information System: Experience in Niger. David Healy, Stone Environmental, Inc. Presented at the Impact of Poverty Maps: Past Experiences and New Directions Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, May 21, 2003. (2.7 MB presentation)
Targeting Investments for Poverty Reduction for Decision Makers. David Healy, Andrew Stancioff, and Claire Lagaye, Stone Environmental, Inc. Presented at the 2004 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, August 9-13, 2004. (490 KB paper)
Project Reports
Phase I: Preliminary Atlas of Poverty/Vulnerability of Niger. Prepared for the World Bank Technical Department, Africa Region, March 2001. (88 pp, 716 KB report)
Phase II: Identification of an Institutional Framework for a Data and Information Support System for Poverty Reduction in Niger. Prepared for the World Bank Technical Department, Africa Region, July 2001. (66 pp, 373 KB report)
Niger Community Action Program Appraisal Mission: Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation. Prepared for the World Bank Technical Department, Africa Region, June 2002. (26 pp, 190 KB report)
Development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Monitoring Poverty: Community Action Program, Niger. Prepared for the World Bank Technical Department, Africa Region, June 2002. (16 pp, 1.6 MB report annex)
Creation of a Preliminary Atlas of Poverty/Vulnerability and Assistance in Building an Information System for Mali, Phase I: Definition of Needs. Final project report submitted to USAID Mali Mission, February 2003. (20 pp, 376 KB report )
Atlases and Maps
Republic of Niger Preliminary Atlas of Poverty/Vulnerability. Prepared for the World Bank Technical Department, Africa Region, March 2001. (atlas page, with list of maps)
Desertification and Food Production Assessment, Republic of Niger. (1.6 MB map)
Poverty Vulnerability Mapping, Kokorou Canton, Republic of Niger. (581 KB map)
Targeting Investments for Poverty Reduction in the Maradi region of Niger, Africa (2.7 MB map)
Identifying Populations At Risk–Niger Example; Combining Databases for Enhanced Understanding, October 2004.
Papers and Abstracts
Using GIS to Help Understand Poverty/Vulnerability in Africa. David Healy, Stone Environmental Inc. Presented at the 2003 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July 7-11, 2003. (13 pp, 900 KB paper)
Conflict Early Warning and Prediction. Andrew Stancioff, Stone Environmental Inc. Presented to the USDA Office of International Programs and to the USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, September 2003. (3 pp, 365 KB paper)
Links
Stone’s Andrew Stancioff, a leading expert on the use of information in Africa, participated as a member of the Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Research Council of the National Academies. This committee was responsible for preparing Down to Earth: Geographic Information for Sustainable Development in Africa. This report “summarizes the importance and applicability of geographic data for sustainable development by drawing on the experiences in African countries and examines how future sources and applications of geographic data could provide reliable support to decision makers.”
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) provides access to and enhances the use of information worldwide, advancing understanding of human interactions in the environment and serving the needs of science and public and private decision making.
EIS-AFRICA “is dedicated to improvement in the management, analysis, and application of information relevant to the environment to enrich policy debate and decision making relating to the process of sustainable development and increasing the well-being of African people.”
Geographic Information for Sustainable Development (GISD) outlines the USAID–US State Department-led international collaboration to apply earth observation data, state-of-the-art GIS-linked technologies, and field-tested geographic knowledge to ongoing sustainable development problems in diverse target areas of Africa.
The Geo-IT (Geographic Information Technologies) Community of Practice (CoP) “is an online forum and resource for users, producers, and consumers of geospatial or ‘GI-Science’ tools and technologies applicable within the domain of sustainable development. This includes mapping and cartography for development.”
ESRI’s Geography Matters for Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Affairs page describes the software company’s involvement in sustainable development.
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is a nonprofit education association serving the global geospatial community and providing a variety of information and useful references for professional and technical needs.
The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) is a nonprofit global organization made up of members from more than 50 countries. Membership includes emerging and developed nations, industry and government organizations, and individuals.
The Sustainability Institute is “a think-do tank dedicated to sustainable resource use, sustainable economics, and sustainable community.” Its site contains a number of valuable resources.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada provides useful tools and links.
Poverty Mapping is a joint initiative by FAO, UNEP, and the CGIAR. It offers access to “a global spatial database of poverty and environment indicators; a comprehensive library of publications, newsletters, and articles related to poverty and the environment; links to finding additional information; and specific information on food security, poverty, and the environment, including case studies from nine developing countries.”
The World Bank’s Global Poverty Monitoring Site provides information related to the World Bank’s efforts in monitoring poverty.
The World Resources Institute provides useful data on the condition of resources around the world.
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Last modified: June 24, 2010.