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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.
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The SDGs – What’s Your Baseline?
Some prominent critics have argued that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aren’t measurable. This is a problem, they say, because for goals to be meaningful, you need...
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Moving in One Direction: Technology and Transatlantic Development
'People first, technology second.' These words summarize 'Space to Innovate,' a recent event co-hosted by the German Marshall Fund and Development Gateway...
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Geo-Enabling Development Assistance in Niger
The Government of Niger’s Ministry of Planning, Spatial Planning and Community Development (MPATDC) has decided, with support from Development Gateway and funding from the...
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From Goal to Progress: Making the Most of Data
As the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals approaches, we already know what the SDGs will be – now it’s time to talk seriously about...
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Working Within Complex Systems
Reboot recently released a report expounding on 'How the Governance Data Community can Understand Users and Influence Government Decisions.' The report contains...
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Achieving a ‘New Normal’: Mapping the Future of the AidData and U.S. Global Development Lab Partnership
When we originally drafted our proposal...
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Will there be a Resource War?
A few weeks ago, a new report commissioned by members of the G7 was released. The report identifies seven...
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What’s next for U.S. Government aid transparency?
Earlier this month, Publish What You Fund’s U.S. Aid Transparency Review showed strong improvements from the U.S. Government (USG)....
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Will the Real Grand Challenge Please Stand Up?
There have been many “grand challenges” for development made, and fewer met. Ken Banks challenges development institutions themselves in his post...
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Arrays, Objects, and Trees: A Look at JSON-formatted Contracting Data
The Open Impact Day conference hosted in Washington, D.C. this past month highlighted examples of open data in improving trust between citizens and their governments...