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The AfriAlliance Handbook on Data Collection provides guidance on how to best develop a data collection project to ensure high quality data is collected and maximum impact is achieved. 

Focusing on the development sector and the collection of data, mainly by people, the Handbook covers the main elements to consider when designing and implementing a data collection project. Where applicable, it will also point you to more detailed resources. 

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'''The Handbook provides guidance for projects to''':
* Focus on achieving impact
* Collect only the data that is needed to achieve that impact
* Build on existing data
* Use the most efficient method of data collection
* Ensure data benefits the communities it is collected from
* Share data, whenever possible, to save others from doing the same work
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