Foundational Datasets, Data Products, & Sample Indicators

Foundational Datasets

Foundational Datasets refer to all datasets used in the analytics prepared for a project. The Foundational Datasets table includes a description of the data and their update frequency, as well as access links and contact information for questions about use and access. Users should not require any datasets not included in this table to complete the analytical work for the Data Good.

Following is list of all Foundational Datasets used in this Data Good:

Note

Project’s Sharing Folder links are only accessible to the project team. For permissions to access these data, please write to the contact provided.

Where feasible, all datasets that can be obtained through the Development Data Hub have been placed in a special collection.

ID	Name	Description	License	Update Frequency	Access	Contact
1	Egypt Admin Boundaries	Admin boundaries up to level 3	Open Access	Last updated 2020	Project SharePoint	Data Lab
2	Nightime Lights	Nighttime lights from VIIRS/Black Marble	Open Access	Daily	NASA LAADS DAAC	Gabriel Vicente, Data Lab
3	Population Data	High Resolution Population Density Maps from Meta	Proprietary	Last updated in 2020	Project SharePoint	Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab
4	OpenStreetMap	Points of Interest, Places and Road related data	Open	N/A	Project SharePoint	Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab
5	Relative Wealth Index	dataset from Meta showing difference in wealth at 2.5sqkm grid	Open	Last updated in 2020	Project SharePoint	Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab
6	Business Activity Trends	Dataset showing changes in Facebook Business page activity before and after the pandemic	Proprietary	Last updated 2022	Project SharePoint	Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab
7	Gender Equality Survey at Home	Meta’s survey conducted to observe gendered impact of COVID-19	Proprietary	Last updated 2021	Project SharePoint	Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab

Data Products are produced using the Foundational Datasets and can be further used to generate indicators and insights. All Data Products include documentation, references to original data sources (and/or information on how to access them), and a description of their limitations.

Following is a summary of Data Products used in this Data Good:

ID	Name	Description	Access	Limitations	Foundational datasets used
A	Changes in observed nightitme lights
B	Social Inequality between neighborhoods