Our teams for the GLD Local Governance Performance Index Survey completed data collection in the first week of this month. The teams spent about 42 days in the field collecting data mostly in central and northern parts of Malawi. Last week, we held a debriefing session to learn more about their experiences in the field and to thank the teams for the job well done. Different insights including challenges and highlights of the study were brought forward during the session. The issues raised will be used in the development of the fieldwork report. At the end of the session, IPOR management took time to award teams that did exceptional work during the study.