Posts categorized Open Data

Development Gateway has been part of the Initiative for OpenAg Funding, which aims to end hunger and food insecurity by improving and making agriculture investment data more accessible, in order for practitioners to make better decisions about how to invest in these issues....

At last year’s IODC in Ottawa, the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) was still fairly knew and a lot of us were talking about the possibilities of actually implementing it. What a difference a year makes, as the Open Contracting pre-event for IODC includes approximately 15 national and local governments working toward open contracting programs....

Today, the Philippine National Economic and Development Agency (NEDA) launched its new GIS portal for development assistance and public investment projects. This portal represents an important step in continuing the Government’s commitment to fiscal transparency, with all data available for download in open formats....

Next week, we will be at the [International Open Data Conference](http://opendatacon.org) in Madrid, where we look forward to discussing how global goals can translate to local impact -- and hope to see you at the following sessions in particular....

At the United Nations General Assembly last week, government, public, and private actors signaled their intent to achieve a sustainable 2030 -- and recognition that we only have 14 more years to turn rhetoric into reality. For the past several months, we worked with the Government of Kenya to show how technology and the data revolution can support national achievement of the global goals.....

In this post, we dive into the technology behind the data visualizations....

We’re in the midst of a “data revolution” for development -- both with our collective focus toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and the expansion of demand and tools for using data sourced from public, private, and citizen-generated spheres....

We know that in 2014 roughly $8.3 billion of official development assistance (ODA) was disbursed for agricultural-related development, however...

The planning and design of any development project is an extensive, intricate, and often laborious process. Thus...

For NGOs, good data can mean the difference between successful programs and unsuccessful...