Annie Kilroy
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Annie serves as DG’s technical advisor for research design, indicator development, methodological guidance, and strategies for increasing the use of data for decision-making. She works to synthesize learnings across DG’s portfolio into comprehensive processes, methodologies, and best practices on using data and evidence for decision-making. Annie brings six years of experience of research methods in social science and public policy, focusing on issues of public policy, governance, and monitoring and evaluation.
She has a Masters of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin, and Bachelors degrees in both Psychology and International Relations from North Carolina State University.
Recent Posts
Mythbusters: Digital Public Infrastructure & Digital Public Goods
Although the international community has just now reached consensus on what digital public infrastructure is, there are still a lot of myths and misperceptions around the term, and the open-source technology that often powers it. In this blog, we’ll debunk some common myths we hear about DPI with facts, highlight some successes and failures, and show you some of the open-source DPI tools we’re following.
Custom Assessment Landscape Methodology 2.0 – Reflections After Five Years
Our new white paper re-introduces our flagship methodology, Custom Assessment Landscape Methodology (CALM), to help our partners, collaborators, and teammates better engage with a flexible and adaptive assessment methodology.
Developing Data Systems: Five Issues IREX and DG Explored at Festival de Datos
IREX and Development Gateway: An IREX Venture participated in Festival de Datos from November 7-9, 2023. In this blog, Philip Davidovich, Annie Kilroy, Josh Powell, and Tom Orrell explore five key issues discussed at Festival de Datos on advancing data systems and how IREX and DG are meeting these challenges.