Print Email Facebook Twitter The Reality of Evidence-based Decision Making in Humanitarian Programming Title The Reality of Evidence-based Decision Making in Humanitarian Programming: An Exploratory Study of WASH Programs in Uganda Author Khanpour, Milan (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Meesters, Kenny (Tilburg University) Paulus, D. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Date 2020 Abstract With ongoing research, increased information sharing and knowledge exchange, humanitarian organizations have an increasing amount of evidence at their disposal to support their decisions. Nevertheless, effectively building decisions on the increasing amount of insights and information remains challenging. At the individual, organizational, and environmental levels, various factors influence the use of evidence in the decision-making process. This research examined these factors and specifically their influence in a case-study on humanitarian organizations and their WASH interventions in Uganda. Interviewees reported several factors that impede the implementation of evidence-based decision making. Revealing that, despite advancements in the past years, evidence-based information itself is relatively small, contradictory, and non-repeatable. Moreover, the information is often not connected or in a format that can be acted upon. Most importantly, however, are the human aspects and organizational settings that limit access to and use of supporting data, information, and evidence. This research shows the importance of considering these factors, in addition to invest in creating knowledge and technologies to support evidence-based decision-making. Subject Evidence-based decision-makinghumanitarian organizationsinformation managementknowledge sharingWASH To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c0d7a77e-ad70-4100-b203-36cd06ac9d3b DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342885 Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ISBN 9781728173887 Source 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020 Event 10th Annual IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020, 2020-10-29 → 2020-11-01, Virtual, Seattle, United States Series 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2020 Milan Khanpour, Kenny Meesters, D. Paulus Files PDF GHTC2020_Khanpour_submitted.pdf 666.56 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c0d7a77e-ad70-4100-b203-36cd06ac9d3b/datastream/OBJ/view