Paul Wang and Krishanu Chakraborty from IDinsight talked to Andrea Baertl about the challenges for data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic, what can be done to overcome them, and how it can be done safely.
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Andrea Baertl: Director of Research and Learning at On Think Tanks
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