Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems

Abstract

The development and trialling of composite indicators, the pilot spatial tool and indicators for use in Monitoring and Evaluation has resulted in evidential gaps in the data. This summary paper documents these initial gaps in data, which have been found, and motivated for the need for a comprehensive work plan on Data Architecture in the Horn of Africa. The gaps summarised below pertain largely from the development of the spatial tool and as the composite indicators were developed on a systems basis, the data gaps have been summarised for these three key systems