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Latest blog posts
Why aid data needs to say more about persons with disabilities
This post accounts the difficulties of integrating people with disabilities into aid data, as well as the importance of doing so.
Counting cash in humanitarian contexts
This report analyses the monitoring of cash-based programmes in 2015 and proposes a number of recommendations for improving the tracking.
World Bank poverty measurement in the Agenda 2030 era
This post explains the political importance of how organisations choose to measure poverty, and the areas in which the World Bank could work on.
A new mindset for new goals
The first UN World Data Forum is taking place in Cape Town, South Africa this week. This event offers unprecedented opportunities for the aid sector.
Disability data to leave no one behind
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have ensured disability is on the development agenda, however, there is still work to do for data inclusiveness.
Understanding interoperability: joining up data to meet the Sustainable Development Goals
This presentation showcases the vital importance of interoperable data in planning and monitoring the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Effective development aid through blended finance? Proceed with care
The concept of 'blended finance' is becoming increasingly popular in the humanitarian sector. This post explains what it is and what it could be.
The use of data by government actors in Nepal to solve development problems
The ability of national and local government actors in developing countries like Nepal to produce and use relevant, timely and disaggregated data is critic
We live in a world full of data. But what’s the point if none of it joins up?
If we continue to work in silos, we will never unlock the potential of data to drive real change I was recently sitting in a room with over 100 other peopl