Anchored firm-survey paradata to deter interview fabrication
Survey software signs and anchors interview timestamps, durations and locations so WBES-type firm surveys can prove interviews happened as recorded
- Who we serve
- Multilateral Development Banks
- Category
- Verifiable Reporting & Blockchain Attestation
- Value
- Cost
- Human role
- Human approves every decision
- Maturity
The problem
Without anchored firm-survey paradata to deter interview fabrication, world Bank Enterprise Surveys carry this work manually, case by case, working through results and disbursement records, signed attestations, ledgers by hand, with the cost, delay and error rate that implies.
How it works
Anchored firm-survey paradata to deter interview fabrication - Survey software signs and anchors interview timestamps, durations and locations so WBES-type firm surveys can prove interviews happened as recorded. It draws on results and disbursement records, signed attestations, ledgers and is typically owned by world Bank Enterprise Surveys. Where the human comes in: world Bank Enterprise Surveys approve outputs before use; the AI prepares and recommends. It is recommended by a standards body but not yet documented in deployment; examples include Concept; Survey Solutions already captures paradata without anchoring.
Where the human comes in
World Bank Enterprise Surveys approve outputs before use; the AI prepares and recommends
What it needs
results and disbursement records, signed attestations, ledgers
What to plan for
Adds little unless vendors are distrusted; privacy of enumerators
In the field
Concept; Survey Solutions already captures paradata without anchoring
B-READY Manual and Guide Section 3.1.2 (WBES vendor quality control); World Bank Survey Solutions paradata
Public deployments by other organizations, listed for context. Not Sphere projects.