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Dutch home care workers look after many of the people most vulnerable to COVID-19, often without the protection afforded to other health care workers. They deserve better.

I give him a questioning look: “And? How did it go today?” He sighs and explains: “It was not easy; people are not eager to speak to us. They were already visited by a team from the Ministry of Agriculture last week and by an NGO the week before. Everybody is asking the same questions. They are tired of it and feel they get nothing in return.” After taking some time to reflect, I conclude that it perfectly sums up the run on data in the development business. Survey fatigue is common among respondents; new data teams come to collect data, but the analysis and conclusions are usually drawn far away from communities they affect and rarely make it back.