An open, modular ecosystem of tools for development research, evaluation, and program design — built in India, shared for impact.
Across public health, climate, education, and gender equity, organisations repeatedly solve identical challenges and rebuild the same tools independently. OpenStacks asks: how do we build systems that learn — not just deliver?
R? Use FieldStack. Python? Use EquityStack. Stata? Use InsightStack. Each stack is self-contained.
Each repo has sample data and documentation. Browse by topic or analysis type.
Modify scripts for your own data. Share your tools back with the community.
Tools you can use today, and foundations being built for tomorrow.
MEL tools, calculators, research documentation, and visual frameworks for development sector work. Includes Observable notebooks, Excalidraw diagrams, Miro templates, Flourish charts, and Stata/Python/R scripts.
Reusable R notebooks, scripts, and sample data for applied research and evaluation. Covers survey design, regression analysis, cost-effectiveness, qualitative coding, and automated reporting.
Python scripts and Jupyter notebooks for development sector data workflows. Plug-and-play templates for data cleaning, modelling, and visualisation across health, gender, education, and climate equity.
Companion repository for the Research Rundown newsletter. Archived issues, featured research tools, method spotlights, and curated resources for development practitioners.
Foundational database schemas, seed data, and queries for the OpenStacks data layer. PostgreSQL/SQLite.
FastAPI backend bridging RootStack data to the ViewStack frontend via REST API.
Frontend UI for visualising and interacting with OpenStacks data. Interactive dashboards and exploration tools.
South Asia policy tracker — government schemes, budgets, and implementation data across development sectors.
Composite risk scores, resilience modelling, geo-mapping
Learning assessment pipelines, education dashboards
Rapid ethnography, qualitative coding, NLP
Access scoring, infrastructure mapping, spatial planning
Ready-to-use analysis tools for MEL, impact assessment, and program design across health, education, gender, and climate.
Reproducible scripts, sample data, and evaluation frameworks grounded in real South Asian fieldwork.
Python, R, and Stata templates that work with the data formats and analysis patterns you actually use.
Practice datasets, guided notebooks, and real-world examples for development economics and public policy courses.
Development economist, social researcher, and licensed social justice worker with 20+ years of experience across public health, education, gender equity, and climate resilience in India and South Asia.
Has led programme design, MEL strategies, and research with Oxfam, UNICEF, Gates Foundation, PLAN India, and BBC Media Action. Founder of StoryWell Books.