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Joined-up Data Alliance: announcement
A new coalition of open data standards setters, users and advocates bodies has been launched to put the needs of data users at the heart of data standards.
Bristol-based international development organisation enters landmark three-year partnership with the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea
Development Initiatives (DI) is entering into a landmark partnership arrangement with the Government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The partnership is kicked off with a major global conference in Seoul in November 2015 to bring global actors together to take stock of the implementation of the Busan Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
Development Initiatives appoints Martin Horwood as new Director of Engagement and Impact
Development Initiatives (DI) is delighted to announce the appointment of Martin Horwood, former UK Member of Parliament for Cheltenham, as its new Director of Engagement and Impact.
Launch of the Development Data Hub in Uganda
Development Initiatives (DI) was pleased to launch the Development Data Hub, alongside a preview of the ‘Spotlight on Uganda’, on Thursday 2 July at Protea Hotel, Kampala.
Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund launch new project to make data easier to compare and use
Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund today launched a new joint project aimed at improving the way that data can be shared and used.
Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2015
Our Global Humanitarian Assistance programme has published its annual GHA report; the most comprehensive overview of global humanitarian finance.
New research finds Middle East donors have risen in prominence in humanitarian financing efforts as Iraq and Syria push crisis levels to new high
The Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) programme of Development Initiatives has today published research showing that international humanitarian assistance has risen to a record US$24.5 billion in 2014.
Launch of Badili – an online resource for the data revolution in Africa
Badili is the Swahili for ‘change’. The initiative aims to facilitate sharing of relevant information, lessons and projects from the national, regional and global level, and help people track progress on the data revolution in Africa.
Severe underfunding and inadequate coverage of social protection in LDCs could pose a threat to the goal of ending poverty by 2030, finds new research
A report published today by the research organisation Development Initiatives shows the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) face an 88 per cent external finance gap to achieve the scale of social protection coverage needed to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030.