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.
What’s in it for us? A Government Perspective on Getting Value from Open Contracting
As unlikely as it seems for public procurement to generate excitement worldwide, the past several years have seen the rise of...
Adding Value to Government Procurement
As unlikely as it seems for public procurement to generate excitement worldwide, the past several years have seen the rise of...
Why Open Doesn’t Mean All: Hedging Against the Technology Matthew Effect
What makes technology attractive for a user?
From Many to One: AMP’s New Reports API
AMP has a highly complex technical structure to calculate...
Collaborating Toward Open Contracting
Last week, Tom Steinberg caused a buzz in the open data community with his strong commentary on...
What Results Measures Do Donors Use to Evaluate Aid Effectiveness?
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action play an important role...
Putting Digital Principles into Practice
In tech for dev, how can we balance the need for profound understanding and innovation on a budget? To help tackle...
Who benefits from development data?
At what point does more data make us less effective?
Development Gateway Launches the IATI Import Tool
Since the launch of the IATI Data Standard, DG has been in the forefront in promoting its uptake and use...
What Systems and Processes Do Donors Use for Measuring Aid Effectiveness?
Donors increasingly issue guidelines for monitoring and evaluation and provide technical support to aid partners and grantees....