AidData, CCAPS, and Government of Malawi to geocode aid information at the country level
AidData and the Climate Change and African Political Stability Program (CCAPS) at the University of Texas are working with Malawi's Ministry of Finance to geocode aid activity information. Geocoding...
AidData to make trillions of dollars in development assistance compatible with IATI standard
By early May, users of the AidData database will be able to run queries on aid activities by donor, sector, and country, as before—but with a new twist. The results will be exportable in the new...
Government of Southern Sudan teams up with Development Gateway to improve aid information management
The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) recently chose to implement Development Gateway’s Aid Management Program, with financing from UNDP. Through a combination of technical support and...
World Water Day 2011: The Role of International Donors in Water Policy
March 22nd was World Water Day, giving the world a chance to reflect upon and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year’s theme, “Water for Cities: Responding to the...
Report from 2010 AMP Best Practices Workshop
In December 2010, Development Gateway hosted the third annual AMP Best Practices Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop brings together delegates from governments that have implemented or are...
Public Voting Ends in World Bank Apps for Development Competition
Between January 31st and February 28th, thousands around the world voted on their favorite submissions to the World Bank Apps for Development Competition. The contest challenged software developers...
AMP Knowledge Sharing Workshop, Nairobi 2010
Bindu Venugopal, a Senior Technical Associate with Development Gateway who manages product development of the Aid Management Platform, shares her experience at the recent Knowledge Sharing Workshop...
Development Gateway partners with Global Giving
Development Gateway has recently partnered with GlobalGiving, a non-profit that connects donors with non-profits around the world through their online marketplace. Through the GlobalGiving website...
Web Application Facilitates Global Dialogue around Aid Projects
PRESS RELEASE Washington, DC – Public voting is open through February 28 for the World Bank’s “Apps for Development” competition, which challenges development practitioners and technology...
Milestone in Aid Transparency: IATI Finalizes Aid Reporting Standard
Projects funded by development aid are complicated undertakings - they take many forms, financing different activities in different currencies over different periods of time. In order for development...
Zunia adds job listings
Looking for a career in development? Zunia, an interactive platform for knowledge exchange and networking between development practitioners, now offers development job listings. Hundreds of jobs are...
Governments Share Successes and Lessons Learned at the Third Annual Aid Management Program Knowledge Sharing Workshop
From Dec. 14-16, 2010, Development Gateway held the Third Annual Aid Management Platform (AMP) Knowledge Sharing Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. AMP is a web-based software that builds capacity for aid...
Interview with Jean-Louis Sarbib: Information-Sharing for Development
In December 2010, development practitioners convened for European Development Days (EDD), a forum for discussion on and creation of new development policies and practices. Jean-Louis Sarbib, CEO of...
Aid information management in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced a short video describing its experiences using Development Gateway’s Aid Management Platform (AMP) (video in French, with English...
Making aid information transparent in Kosovo
Kosovo Although it is the youngest country to have implemented the Aid Management Platform (AMP), Kosovo became a model for aid transparency by making its AMP available to the public online. Vanessa...
Government of Kosovo and European Commission Launch Aid Management Platform to Support Transparency and Donor Coordination
PRISTINA, Oct. 21, 2010 – At an international donors’ conference in 2008, more than 50 countries and international organizations pledged support to Kosovo’s socio-economic development. On Oct. 11,...
Improving Aid Transparency Through Geocoding: AidData Maps Development Activities
Achieving global development objectives depends on involving stakeholders in aid-funded work, strengthening accountability of donor agencies and partner governments, and building country ownership....
Strengthening Aid Management in Lao PDR
Laos For many at Development Gateway, the most engaging and rewarding aspect of our work is the time we spend in-country working with our partners and counterparts. Here, Travis Harvey reports back...
DG Contributes to UN Online Tool to Monitor Funds for Haiti
Responding to a request from the UN Special Envoy to Haiti, the Development Gateway has partnered with other organizations to build a system to help with Hatian reconstruction. The joint system,...
Finding Business Opportunities… in Turkish
Turkey “I don’t have the resources to scour every newspaper and website for contract opportunities. Through the dgMarket connection my company was able to bid on and win four contracts in...
Staff gives back to local community
The DC Central Kitchen is nonprofit organization that prepares 4,500 meals per day for DC’s homeless. The kitchen started in 1989 as an effort by Robert Egger to use surplus food from local...
Aid transparency tool launched to improve donor coordination in Nicaragua
Development Gateway announced today the successful launch of the upgraded ODAnic and the release of the 2008 EU Blue Book. ODAnic is a publicly available online tool that facilitates donor...
Development Gateway, PLAID to Create AidData
Joint Venture to Build an In-depth Global Repository of Development Activities Development Gateway announces today its partnership with the interdisciplinary research team Project-Level Aid (PLAID...
DRC Tackles the Aid Information Challenge
Staff members of the Ministry of Finance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo training to use the Aid Management Platform. By building a strong rapport with users in the ministries,...
Jean-Louis Sarbib to Manage Development Gateway
WASHINGTON—Development Gateway announces today that Jean-Louis Sarbib will serve as Chief Executive Officer following the departure of Mark Fleeton earlier this year. "Jean-Louis has a keen...
