Presentation by Perri Al-Riffai, IFPRI at the D8 Open Data for Agriculture Side event at IFPRI on May 1, 2013.

1. Arab Spatial: Development and Food Security
Atlas
IFPRI Headquarters - Washington D.C.
www.ifpri.org
www.arabspatial.org
D8
Open Data for Agriculture Side Event at IFPRI
May 1, 2013

2. Arab Spatial: An online database and web-mapping tool with more than 150
food security and development-related indicators
Arab Spatial Development and Food Security Atlas

3. Who is Arab Spatial for
• Research community
• National agencies that influence policy
and, decision-makers
• Donors and international aid organizations
– Design, implement, monitor and evaluate individual
social investment projects
– Coordinate cross-sectoral investment projects as well as
multi-donor investment projects within geographic units

4. The “Special” in Arab Spatial

5.  First interactive Atlas for the Arab World
 Based on a consistent conceptual framework of
food security for development
 Innovative mapping concept and technology
 Flexible to accommodate any number of layers at
national, subnational, and pixel levels
 Dynamic display of indicators over time
 Download of maps (as .csv & .shp) and meta data
(as .xlsx)
Arab Spatial

6. Strengths
Links food security with economic development
Flexible platform that can house a wide range of
variables
– Economy
– Sectoral level
– Household
Provides the “big picture” by mapping multiple
variables in one view
Provides time series data for download
Overcomes data availability limitations

7. Conceptual Framework

8. Arab Spatial
Based on consistent conceptual framework of food security
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01166.pdf

9. Open data sources used
WDI
WHO
FAO
And
Many
Others
ICARDA
IFPRI
NASA/NOAA

10. Multi Layer Analysis
National and subnational levels

11. Egypt: Infrastructure and agriculture

12. Egypt: Infrastructure around the Aswan
High Dam

13. Saudi Arabia: Population density

14. Yemen: Stunting by governorate

15. Dynamics
Conflict in Sudan

25. Efficiency and
effectiveness

26. Who is Arab Spatial for
• Research community
• National agencies that influence policy and
decision-makers
• Donors and international aid organizations
– Design, implement, monitor and evaluate individual
social (and other) investment projects
– Coordinate cross-sectoral investment projects as well as
multi-donor investment projects within geographic units

27. Geo-tagging projects and surrounding areas
for project M&E
Location of population centers, local markets, and health facilities in Bajil District (Yemen)
Source: Own representation based on 2004-05 HFS data and CSO (2004)

28. Going Forward

29. Add tools for cross- and inter-country correlation
and trend analyses and comparative statistics (scatter
plots, bar charts, summary tables)
Link to e-libraries for improved use as data sharing
platform
Expand to incorporate country-specific atlases
within the Arab World (Yemen, Egypt and Iraq Spatial) and
beyond
Be part of an all encompassing Knowledge Platform
for the Arab World

30. Move from this….

31. To this….