Winner of the 2011 Photo Contest
Congratulations to Seshadri Moitra, winner of the 2011 Development Gateway Photo Contest, for his photo “Creative Art” taken in a remote village in West Bengal, India. According to Mr. Moitra, it...
Dispatch from Busan
From Nov. 29-Dec. 1, the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness was held in Busan, South Korea. In an interview with the Inter Press Service, Development Gateway CEO Jean-Louis Sarbib hailed...
Introducing AidData 2.0
Today, AidData launched its new and improved website, featuring more content and new data and marking an expansion in the program’s mission and scope. What began as a project to build a new kind of...
Development Gateway Software Developers Win Third Prize in EU Hackathon
On Nov. 8-9, 54 software developers representing 17 nationalities gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels for the EUHackathon “Hack4Transparency!” event. Teams of developers competed in a 24...
Putting Aid Data to Work: Event on November 4 (will be webcast)
On November 4, AidData, the Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program, and the World Bank Institute will co-host an all-day event to highlight trends in open data and aid...
Tackling Development Challenges with Data Visualization
“Tech@State: Data Visualization” took place on Sept. 23, 2011 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The event was organized by the U.S. Department of State, Development Gateway, AidData and...
Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions: Possibilities and Pitfalls
A panel discussion on “Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions,” hosted by the World Bank Institute on September 22, served as a platform for participants to discuss the multifaceted dimensions...
Monday, Oct. 3: Join a Discussion of the World Bank’s Governance and Anticorruption Strategy
On Monday, Oct. 3 (10 AM EST), Development Gateway will host a discussion with the author of a new report by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) on the World Bank’s governance and...
Watch Online: Tech@State on Data Visualization, Sept. 23, 2011
The next Tech@State event will be held on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and will focus on Data Visualization. Registration is open to the public, and the event will...
Photo Contest: Enter for a chance to win!
Show us your image of development in action, and you could win a $500 prize from Development Gateway. To celebrate the launch of our new website, we’re calling on photographers around the world to...
