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Program

Research & Development

Local data for local decisions.

What we do

Data the ward budget can use

Baselines, dashboards and citizen science — built with municipalities, published openly.

  • Baseline studies. Ward and municipal data that planning can actually use.
  • Open dashboards. Public, plain-language numbers for local governments and citizens alike.
  • Citizen science. Students collecting the data their own ward needs — and learning from it.

At a glance

SDG 17 SDG 16
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local governments need local data to localize the SDGs

Source: National Planning Commission

The problem we're solving

Planning without numbers

Nepal's 753 local governments are expected to localize the SDGs — but most rural municipalities lack usable baseline statistics. Without numbers, planning defaults to guesswork. Local data changes what gets budgeted.

Our approach

Four steps, then it runs itself

Every project follows the same arc — local from day one, handed over by design.

Scope with the municipality
Agree the questions the local plan actually needs answered.
Collect with citizens
Students and volunteers gather data with proper methods and supervision.
Publish open dashboards
Findings go public — plain language, open formats.
Feed the budget cycle
Data lands in the ward plan, the red book and the SDG codes.

On the ground

Related project

Active Research & Development

Jumla Shiksha & Migration Baseline

Chandannath, Jumla (Karnali)

A municipal baseline of 900 households and 14 schools, producing an open public dashboard.

Full project profile

Project profiles are illustrative examples developed for program design and partnership discussions.

Alignment

Counted toward the goals that matter

Local action, mapped to Nepal's national plans and the world's 2030 agenda.

SDG 17 — Partnerships for the Goals

A revitalized global partnership for sustainable development.

SDG 16 — Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions

Peaceful, just and inclusive societies with strong institutions.

National plan: Nepal's SDG Status & Roadmap (NPC)

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Two hours a month or one funded project — both change what happens on the ground.

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