AidData alternatives

3 tools to consider instead of AidData, shown against it.

AidData World Bank Microdata Library Humanitarian Data Exchange FEWS NET
Vendor AidData, William & Mary World Bank Group UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Centre for Humanitarian Data USAID
Pricing model Free Free Free Free
Free tier Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
Open source No No No No
Best for Researchers and policy analysts tracking global development finance flows, especially Chinese overseas lending. Development economists and researchers needing household-level survey microdata from low- and middle-income countries. Humanitarian responders and analysts needing a single index of crisis-related datasets from many organizations. Humanitarian donors, NGOs and food-security analysts planning responses to emerging hunger crises.
Pricing

Free research outputs and datasets published by a university research lab, funded by grants and university support.

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Free access to most datasets; some third-party-owned datasets carry additional access restrictions.

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Free, open UN platform for publishing and accessing humanitarian datasets.

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Free early warning products funded by USAID.

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Features
  • Dataset of ~31,750 Chinese official loans and grants across ~200 countries (2000-2023)
  • Dedicated Chinese seaport financing dataset
  • Geocoded development-finance data covering 165 countries
  • GeoQuery tool for combining spatial development data with geographic layers
  • China Contracts Search tool
  • Published policy research, working papers and training programs
  • Central catalog of household survey and administrative microdata
  • Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) collection
  • Global Findex financial-inclusion survey data
  • UNHCR refugee and UNICEF MICS survey collections
  • International metadata-standard documentation for each dataset
  • Search and browse across a central catalog and specialized collections
  • 20,000+ humanitarian datasets from 1,900+ contributing organizations
  • Coverage of displacement, food security, health, conflict and response indicators
  • CKAN-based searchable data catalog
  • HDX API for programmatic dataset search and retrieval
  • Tabular Data Explorer with DataStore-backed querying
  • Country and crisis-specific data pages
  • Monthly acute food-insecurity reports and alerts for 30+ countries
  • IPC-compatible five-phase food-insecurity classifications
  • Food Assistance Outlook Briefs and Peak Food Assistance Needs reports
  • FEWS NET Data Explorer for direct indicator access
  • Heat exposure projections and agroclimatology data
  • Livelihood-zone mapping for vulnerability analysis

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