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Announcing a New CCAPS Dashboard to Explore Climate Security Vulnerability in Africa
The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program today released the new CCAPS climate dashboard, an online platform that displays data on physical, socio-economic, demographic, and political insecurities to assess how these factors contribute to “climate security” vulnerability in Africa.
CCAPS Dashboards Win Special Achievements in GIS Award
Development Gateway would like to congratulate our partner, the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, for receiving the coveted Special Achievements in GIS (SAG) Award for its work mapping security risks related to climate change.
DG Tech Series: How IATI Exchange Simplifies Translation of Aid Data to XML
Development Gateway is proud to announce the first implementation of the IATI Exchange software program to integrate Nepal's Aid Management Program (AMP) and Budget Management Information System (BMIS). The software has been designed for automated information transfer between the two systems using the IATI standard.
Better Total Resource Management Using AMP Data in Nepal’s Budget System
Staff in Nepal’s Ministry of Finance now has even more effective tools for budgeting and planning, thanks to a new link between their Aid Management Platform and the national budget system designed around the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard.
AfDB Now Publishes Project-Level and Geocoded Data to IATI
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is now publishing its project-level data to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI). The newly launched AfDB IATI feed includes geocoded data on all of its ongoing activities, developed in partnership with AidData. Development Gateway is proud to have collaborated with AfDB to reach this important milestone.
Nepal Aid Management Platform Goes Public
Development Gateway is very pleased to partner with Nepal’s Ministry of Finance on the launch of the AMP Public Portal. This online portal publicizes all of the development assistance information recorded in the Aid Management Platform (AMP). Nepal Finance Secretary Mr. Shanta Raj Subedi formally introduced the new website at a well-attended government event on Friday, June 21.
DG Tech Series: Why We Are Building Web Applications with Backbone and Require JavaScript
I'm Ionut Dobre and the evolution of browsers into powerful platforms is inspiring developers to write richer and more complex applications. The downside to this is of course that as the code becomes more complicated, problems like code maintenance or resolving new bugs begin to appear.
How GPE is Enabling Dynamic Visualizations of Open Education Data
Development Gateway is very pleased to announce its successful involvement in the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) first data visualization venture.
Le Burkina Faso rend ses données publiques et lie la PGA à son système de gestion budgétaire
'Development Gateway a rencontré M. Jean-Marie Kebre, Chargé de la coordination de l’aide et point focal de la PGA au sein de la Direction Générale de la Coopération (DGCOOP), au Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances du Burkina Faso. M. Kebre s’est exprimé sur deux grand chantiers actuels de la DGCOOP: l’ouverture de la PGA à tous les acteurs intervenant dans la gestion de l’aide ; et l’interfaçage entre la PGA et le système CIFE (Circuit Intégré des Financements Extérieurs).'
The IFC Women’s Finance Hub is Powered by Zunia
Development Gateway is proud to announce that the Women’s Finance Hub is powered by our Zunia Knowledge Sharing Platform.