Resources
Filter and search DI's published resources below. Or visit our Blog page for opinion, insight and comment, or see our Data page for tools and datasets.
Citizen-generated data and sustainable development: Evidence from case studies in Kenya and Uganda
In 2016, Making All Voices Count commissioned DI and DRT to conduct a one-year study on citizen-generated data in Kenya and Uganda.
Implementing and monitoring the Grand Bargain commitment on transparency
Grand Bargain signatories made commitments to be more transparent by adhering to IATI and using a common digital platform. This post assesses progress.
A summary of Kenya’s budget 2017/18 from a pro-poor perspective
Kenya’s budget 2017/18 is an opportunity to address the country’s high levels of poverty and inequality and assess how far it helps poor populations.
Reaching the potential of IATI data
This report seeks to bring together the available evidence on existing use cases for IATI data, analyzing which barriers should be tackled to grow IATI use.
An introduction to IATI for humanitarian actors
This background paper introduces humanitarian actors to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standard, focusing on how and why IATI is used.
Approaches to measuring and monitoring South-South cooperation
This paper documents the ways in which South–South cooperation providers are responding to growing demands for more transparency.
Counting cash: Tracking humanitarian expenditure on cash-based programming
This report, commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute, includes data on the volume and nature of humanitarian cash-based programming in 2015.
Assessment of Kenya's preparedness to disasters caused by natural hazards: floods, drought and disease outbreak
Through key informant interviews, focus-group discussions, literature review and a financial analysis, this report evaluates Kenya's resilience.
Long-term investments in a short-term world: Arguments for sustainable data
This discussion paper makes the case for the acceptance of key issues that are paramount in the struggle for sustainable development data