Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960603205632.28269A-100000@gos-oz> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 20:57:39 -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>
I would love to receive a copy also. I am very willing to work with you and to help set up a common survey instrument. Keep me informed. Jim MayfieldOn Fri, 31 May 1996, James Mayfield wrote:
> 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.
> >
>