Data Science for Public Policy Case of Aspirational Districts Program S ( Subu ) V Subramanian, PhD Professor of Population Health and Geography Harvard University A SIAN V ENTURE P HILANTHROPY N ETWORK (AVPN) I NDIA S UMMIT (2018) December 5-6, 2018, New Delhi, India
To accelerate progress in human • development indicators, focus on most “lagging” districts is critical Aspirational Districts were identified • based on a composite score of 49 indicators pertaining to 5 domains: Health/Nutrition • Education • Agriculture/Water Resources • Financial Inclusion/Skill Development • Infrastructure •
Evidence- Based Perspective High Subject Dimension Domains Data DATA SCIENCE Statistical Computing Advances Sciences
Transforming Aspirational Districts: A Data Science Lens Is there a need for fu further prioritization among Aspirational Districts, and by domains?
“better-off” Aspirational Districts are improving at a much faster rate than the “worse-off” Aspirational Districts
substantial overlaps between Aspirational Districts and Other Districts
Message #1 There is a wide variation among Aspirational Districts that § may also be domain-specific, requiring additional prioritization of certain Aspirational Districts over others. Given, the considerable overlaps between Aspirational § Districts and Other Districts should there be a course- correction in the priority list?
Transforming Aspirational Districts: A Data Science Lens How homogeneous are development markers within Aspirational District? wi
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh Mewat, Haryana
Message #2 There is wide variation between-Villages, within- § Aspirational Districts , necessitating a greater degree of targeting and precision to program interventions.
Transforming Aspirational Districts: A Data Science Lens ers are critically important for What new new d data la layer strengthening governance frameworks for development?
Child Sex Ratio in India: A Village Level View
“ India does not live in its towns but in its villages ” (1931)
Syngeries: Parliamentary Constituencies and Aspirational Districts
Child Stunting in India: A Parliamentary Constituency View
Message #3 Units with direct representation (such as Villages, § Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies) needs to be integrated into the policy discourse (and research) that thus far remains concentrated around States and Districts.
Take Home Message Heterogeneity between and within Aspirational Districts § needs to be considered for policies to be efficient and equitable. Routine data collection, monitoring and synthesis related § to Gram Panchayat, Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies are necessary for effective governance and accountability. Data Science approaches can be usefully applied to: § monitor and assess on-going programs § discover new insights that may necessitate a partial or § complete course correction
Acknowledgments William Joe, Sunil Rajpal, Rakesh Kumar, Rockli Kim, Akshay Swaminathan, Shalini Rudra, Menaka Narayanan, Alok Kumar, R Venkataramanan, and Tata Trusts. Thank You svsubram@hsph.harvard.edu
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