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DI receives Kenya Open Data award for innovation
The awards are given to those who have helped make data more open and accessible, and are open to government, private sector, NGOs, civil society organisations and others.
Aid donors must improve transparency before scaling up public-private finance, new report finds
The report on the use of public funds to de-risk or ‘leverage’ private investments in development also finds that, while blended finance may have a valuable role to play in helping fund the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), alone it is unlikely to mobilise the volumes that are required to make a significant impact on the large funding gap.
Increasing funds to tackle climate change miss out world’s most vulnerable, new report finds
The report, which looks at climate finance in the context of building resilience and reducing poverty, finds that while international public resources to tackle climate change are increasing, vulnerability and the links between poverty and climate are not reflected in the allocation of those resources.
New joint initiative launched to build the next key piece of open data infrastructure
The identify-org initiative was launched on Friday 7 October at the International Open Data Conference in Madrid. It brings together key organisations driving standards for open data across a range of sectors, including contracting, extractives, international aid, agriculture and philanthropy.
The Leave No One Behind Partnership
The Global Goals for Sustainable Development offer an historic opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty and ensure no one is left behind.
From principles to practice: Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund launch consultation on joining up data standards.
The JUDS project is about unlocking the potential of data to help drive poverty eradication and sustainable development.
DI kicks off project on blended public−private finance for development
Ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been agreed by UN member states, but there is a significant financing gap for developing countries aiming to meet these goals, estimated at trillions of US dollars annually.
Private donors step up to help Syria crisis, with US$398 million given last year, new research finds
Development Initiatives published their Global Humanitarian Assistance report today, which finds that private donors reportedly gave US$398 million to the Syria crisis last year. This is a significant increase from US$114 million given to the same crisis the year before.
Middle East countries push total international humanitarian assistance to a record US$28 billion
Today Development Initiatives published their Global Humanitarian Assistance report, which finds that Gulf donors have significantly increased their contributions of international humanitarian assistance, contributing to a record total of US$28 billion given last year.