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Discussion paper
5 October 2016

Using community-generated data to deliver and track the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level

The project, led by the Open Institute, with Development Initiatives working as the partner responsible for data quality and analysis, has begun with a pil

Background paper
19 July 2016

The P20: methods for tracking the status of people in the poorest 20%

Agenda 2030 is clear in its ambitions—everyone should be included in global progress over the next 15 years. But most discussions of progress focus on aggr

Discussion paper
28 June 2016

Household surveys: do competing standards serve country needs?

Our research finds that two-thirds of questions in the 2 most widely used household surveys are either identical or similar enough to be practically comparable.

Report
16 May 2016

Uganda’s data ecosystem

National, continental and global development agendas are all calling for data to play a catalytic role in both the meeting and monitoring of ambitio

Discussion paper
4 March 2016

Sustainable Development Goals 2: joining-up new standards for ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture

This paper focuses in detail on SDG 2 in relation to other existing data standards that inform and contribute to it.

Discussion paper
10 February 2016

The Sustainable Development Goals: joining-up new standards in a disconnected world

While more & more data is becoming available, much of it cannot be turned into useful information because it's published in different formats or to incompatible standards.

Report
24 September 2015

Investments to End Poverty 2015

The challenge of getting poverty to zero

Factsheet
26 May 2015

Stories of data use in developing countries

Open Data: A journey of discovery in Nepal A short documentary about a journalist, Gyanu Sharma, seeking data to help him create a better future for his so

Discussion paper
26 May 2015

Using citizen-generated data to improve school performance in Kenya

This profile is part of a series looking at how data is being accessed and used in developing countries Wolde’s demand for data and information “It is abou