Stories, ideas, and updates from DGers around the world
The Development Gateway: An IREX Venture blog is where DGers share specific learnings, offer thought-provoking insights, and pose challenging questions for the sustainable development community derived from our work.
Our blog has a deep archive going back to 2005. Each post is a snapshot into our work, priorities, and values.
Achieving Sustainable Development Data: Where, and How?
When it comes to implementing Agenda 2030, country partners have shared two main data and digital pain points: knowing where Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) data will come from, and how to ensure this information is useful beyond reporting....
Making the publish once dream a reality
This week, the International Aid Transparency Initiative Technical Advisory Group (IATI TAG) is gathering in Tanzania to discuss how we can take the initiative to the next level....
Approaching Data and the SDGs
As we seek to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), I cannot help but reflect and compare to the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In fifteen years, we made significant progress against some MDGs, such as halving poverty....
Strengthening Public Financial Management in Uganda: Connecting DMFAS and AMP
Earlier this year, we successfully linked the Uganda Aid Management Platform (UAMP) and the country’s Debt Management and Financial Analysis System (DMFAS).
What’s New With MERL Tech?
New technologies and ideas are opening up possibilities for improving how we incorporate monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) data into program design and implementation....
IMS Data Reporting and Visualization: What goes in must come out
Time for some real talk: a data management system is only as good as its reporting tools. It could contain the lost library of Alexandria, but if no one uses it because it’s confusing or difficult, what purpose does it serve?...
What will it take for IATI to bear fruit?
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) has rallied over 500 organizations to publish data on over 600,000 development activities in a machine readable, standard format. Yet with the amount...
Country-led Innovations in Aid Management
Over the past decade, DG has worked with 25 country partners to implement the Aid Management Program, a suite of technology (AMP) and and process solutions to support data management and aid effectiveness....
Mobilizing for the Data Revolution
Mobilizing data to meet the goals of the “Data Revolution” will require a combination of technological innovation, skills training, and lasting partnerships. This holistic approach defines much of Development Gateway’s programming...
Innovating for the Data Revolution
The next “big idea” in technology and data for development will not happen in a vacuum. At Development Gateway, we seek to innovate by working closely with our partners and clients, to solve their most important problems....