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.
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...
Post-Habitat III reflections: An ever growing toolbox?
Last month, nearly 50,000 people convened in Quito, Ecuador to discuss the importance of cities as drivers of development worldwide. While Habitat III -- the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development -- showcased many success stories, the take-home message was clear...
The Devel(opment) is in the Details: A Detailed Look into our Metrics
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we explored how the robust, timely, and valid collection of output data enhances transparency and collaboration, leads to better outcomes, and can even support claims of causality. In this last part of the series, we invite the reader to take a deeper dive with us into our scorecard methodology....
The Digital NGO: Turn Intent into Action • NetHope Global Summit 2016
This week, DG will be at NetHope’s 2016 Global Summit in Atlanta, where we look forward to discussing how data can be made usable and actionable to drive results. You can find us at the following sessions...
Making Gender Data Count: Can IATI Help?
CGD recently co-hosted a workshop with Data2X, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Development Gateway on the potential of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) to comprehensively track aid flows and outcomes....