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Cider is a set of software tools for estimating the poverty status of individuals and households using mobile phone data, for use in the targeting and delivery of humanitarian aid.
Owner
Regents of the University of California.
Type
library
Licence
BSD-2-Clause
Last evaluated
11.08.2026
Origin country
United States of America
contact
selkerleo@gmail.comRelease date
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DPG since
08.02.2023
The following repositories were submitted by the solution and included in our evaluation. Any repositories, add-ons, features not included in here were not reviewed by us.
N/A
N/A
English
Ministry of Digital Innovation and Digital Economy, Togo Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Cameroon (Forthcoming) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Dav…
* This information is self-reported and updated annually
Cider's purpose is to improve the targeting of humanitarian aid and thereby help alleviate poverty, especially the most extreme poverty. Well-targeted aid is an important tool for poverty reduction in pursuit of SDG 1. As an example, Cider informed the Novissi aid program in Togo, which was carried out jointly by the non-profit GiveDirectly, the Togolese government, and the Global Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. Researchers involved found that Cider's poverty predictions were more accurate than predictions we could have obtained using any viable alternative considered, given the time and resource constraints of the program. This increased accuracy enabled funds to be directed to poorer individuals and households. Details of the program, Cider's role in it, and evaluations of effectiveness can be found in Aiken et al (2022), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04484-9
No mandatory proprietary dependencies
Yes
Principles for Digital Development
PII data is collected but NOT stored and NOT distributed.
Adherence to data privacy standards guidance: https://global-policy-lab.github.io/cider-documentation/introduction/privacy.html
Content is NOT collected NOT stored and NOT distributed.
Yes
Ground rules for maintainers and contributors - https://global-policy-lab.github.io/cider-documentation/introduction/opensource.html
2026-08-11 02:42:13
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (152) and found it to be a DPG
2026-08-11 02:42:12
System moved Cider (12008) to expired because parent application is now DPG.
2026-08-11 02:42:12
System unmarked Cider (12008) as a nominee
2026-08-11 02:42:07
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited General Information for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:40:54
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:40:35
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:40:29
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:39:34
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:39:31
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:39:13
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:33:13
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:33:07
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:32:48
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:32:22
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:32:19
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:32:16
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:29:40
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:29:37
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:29:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:29:04
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (12008)
2026-08-11 02:24:08
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled Cider (12008) under review
2026-03-01 23:02:49
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:44
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:42
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:39
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:37
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:35
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:33
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:30
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:28
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:25
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:23
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:21
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:19
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:02:16
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:00:44
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (12008)
2026-03-01 23:00:01
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) pulled Cider (12008) under review
2025-08-19 04:35:02
Automatically submitted renewal application for Cider (12008)
2024-10-22 01:30:06
System created a refresher application for Cider (11141)
2024-10-22 01:30:06
System created an autofill refresher application for Cider (12008)
2023-12-22 02:15:02
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (152) and found it to be a DPG
2023-12-22 02:15:01
System moved Cider (11141) to expired because parent applcation is now DPG.
2023-12-22 02:15:01
System unmarked Cider (11141) as a nominee
2023-12-22 02:14:52
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:49
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:46
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:42
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:39
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:36
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:33
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:30
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:27
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:25
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:22
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:20
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:17
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:14:14
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled Cider (11141) under review
2023-12-22 02:03:37
System remove tag Late from Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:03:37
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:03:30
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:03:28
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:02:53
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:02:49
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:02:45
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:02:43
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:00:33
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (11141)
2023-12-22 02:00:31
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 23:00:02
System add new tag Late to Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:20:35
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:20:31
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:20:29
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:20:06
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:19:56
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:19:51
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:19:42
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:19:36
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited General Information for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:18:55
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 15:18:53
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited General Information for Cider (11141)
2023-12-21 14:59:24
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled Cider (11141) under review
2023-12-11 16:44:08
Leo Selker (Applicant) submitted application for Cider (11141)
2023-12-11 16:41:02
Leo Selker (Applicant) created a refresher application for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:58:29
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (152) and found it to be a DPG
2023-02-08 20:58:28
System unmarked Cider (10169) as a nominee
2023-02-08 20:58:23
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:58:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:57:55
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:54:41
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 4. Platform Independence for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:54:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:54:00
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:53:57
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:52:35
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:51:39
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:51:35
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:51:28
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:46:07
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:46:04
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:43:33
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:43:31
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:42:11
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:42:09
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:31:18
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:24:40
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:24:33
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:23:59
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:23:45
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:20:31
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:20:28
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited General Information for Cider (10169)
2023-02-08 20:20:15
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled Cider (10169) under review
2023-02-03 13:31:09
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:30:56
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:30:03
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) failed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:14:00
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:13:50
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:13:40
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:13:02
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:11:57
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:10:52
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:02:53
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:02:49
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:02:39
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:02:16
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 13:01:48
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:59:56
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:59:51
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:59:20
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:56:22
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:55:56
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:55:07
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:54:26
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:52:40
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:52:31
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:52:28
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) edited 2. Open Licensing for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:50:49
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:47:03
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for Cider (10169)
2023-02-03 12:42:19
David Njagah (L1 Reviewer) pulled Cider (10169) under review
2023-01-31 15:01:57
() submitted application for Cider (10169)
