Fiona M Underwood

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Statistical challenges in sustainable management of natural resources

Tuesday 5th November 2019

I recently ran a short workshop on the statistical challenges in the sustainable management of natural resources (SMNR) for wellbeing. The participants were a mix of scientists working in SMNR and statisticians working in areas that I thought might be relevant. We had lots of interesting and lively discussions. In particular around the types of […]

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Understanding Hsiang and Sekar’s analysis

Tuesday 30th August 2016

My previous post critiqued Hsiang and Sekar’s paper that claims that the legal sale of ivory in 2008 led to a sharp increase (or discontinuity) in elephant poaching between 2007 and 2008. Specifically for this post, the critique stated that their analyses were flawed. Following this Hsiang and Sekar published a response. Their replication files are also […]

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Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of advocacy

Monday 30th November 2015

The other week I attended a workshop organised jointly by 3ie, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) to look at how to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of advocacy. In this meeting there was a broad definition of the aims of advocacy. The aims included trying to […]

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