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.
USAID and PEOTUS: What Comes Next?
This Friday, DC will shut down for its quadrennial pomp, circumstance, and presidential transition. While we have seen a flurry of activity on the nomination, vetting, and policy fronts, we know little about PEOTUS’s development philosophy...
Localizing the Data Revolution
As a development community, we invest a great deal in data-related activities – particularly for monitoring and results reporting. But are the ways in which we gather, share, and use this information as efficient and impactful as they must be, to achieve the 2030 Agenda?...
New Members Join DG Board of Directors
Development Gateway is pleased to announce that Lindsay Coates, Homi Kharas, Nathaniel Heller, and Mamadou Lamine Loum have joined our Board of Directors...
Achieving the 2030 Agenda
This year has marked the first since remarkable consensus on the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, and Addis Ababa Financing for Development conclusions. With world leaders back home, the real work begins...
Development Gateway 2016 Annual Report
We are pleased to announce the digital publication of the Development Gateway 2016 Annual Report, all about “turning data into action”. As the world strives to meet the 2030 Agenda, we are proud to be mobilizing, innovating, and localizing the data revolution for sustainable development....
Three Reasons Why 2017 will be a Big Year for Evidence-Based Development
Last week, the Governance Data Alliance launched a new report (led by our friends at AidData) on the use of governance data, drawing on 500+ survey respondents from development policy actors in 126 countries (in government, development agencies, and civil society)...
Getting the Word Out // La PGA: Comment faire passer le mot
Today, the 2016 Aid Management Program (AMP) Good Practice Workshop kicks off in Dakar, Senegal.
From Resources to Results: Announcing New Directions for the Results Data Initiative
A key component of the Results Data Initiative (RDI) was the development of the Results Data Scorecard...
Detecting Corruption Risk through Open Contracting
At this month’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Paris, many government and civil society participants will be talking about open contracting. Dozens of countries -- from Nigeria and Paraguay, to France, our hosts -- are committing to implement the principles of open contracting...
From Tech4Dev to Tech4Use
This post is excerpted from Development Gateway’s newsletter...