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Exploring the art and science of working with development and humanitarian data

Visualizing changes over time of the prevalence of undernourishment

Using {ggplot2} to create a line plot for the evolution of food security in the world

data visualization

Working with Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) Hashtags

Applying HXL to a global dataset of pandemic- and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks.

data management

Humanitarian Data Exchange

Humanitarian Exchange Language

disease outbreaks

Visualizing armed conflict using ACLED’s data and HDX shapefiles

Using {ggplot2} and {tidyverse} to map violence against civilians in the Lake Chad Basin

data visualization

Lake Chad basin

How to compute and visualize the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for drought analysis

Part 2: Visualizing the SPI for the districts of Somalia using {ggplot2} in R

data visualization

standardized precipitation index (SPI)

How to compute and visualize the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for drought analysis

Part 1: A step-by-step guide to calculate the SPI with the {SCI} package in R using data from Somalia at subnational level

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)

Using a tidy approach in R to analyze Mexico’s 2024 ENVIPE

Part 1: Estimating crime prevalence with the {srvyr} package

official statistics

household surveys

A waffle chart of disease outbreaks in the world

Using {ggplot2} in R to create a waffle chart to visualize disease outbreaks in the world

data visualization

disease outbreaks