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Data

June 2016

  • Children fish on a river bank in one of downtown Jakarta’s slum areas next to public toilets.

    Water in development
    Can mapping faecal flows cut the crap in developing cities?

    Human waste often ends up in drains, rivers, fields and on beaches, but fast growing cities can use data grabs to improve their sanitation conditions

May 2016

  • A baby is injected during a UNEPI immunisation programme for babies at the Katine health centre.

    Development 2030
    Tracking the global goals: four steps to make data matter

    The development community will invest $15bn in results data over the next 15 years. How can we ensure the money is well spent?

December 2015

  • A Muslim woman mourns by the grave of her relative during the funeral of 534 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari July 11, 2009. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by the Bosnian Serb forces. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

    Development 2030
    Countries must be honest about conflict deaths to know the true impact of war on development

    Andrew Mack and Robert Muggah
    Governments reluctant to publish data on deaths from conflict must get on board if we are to reduce all forms of violence everywhere

November 2015

  • The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) provided Pneumococcal vaccines to Nicaragua, Honduras and Guyana in 2011.

    Which are the best aid donors? Governments have their say

    Duncan Green
    Who gives the best advice? Who is most influential? And who is most helpful? The top 20 big aid groups, as rated by beneficiary governments around the world

September 2015

  • Data on screen

    Don't ditch your data – follow this ethical guide

    Charities have hit the headlines again this week for their use of data. Here’s what organisations can do to stay out of trouble

December 2014

  • networked people

    Development 2030
    The problem with the data revolution in four Venn diagrams

  • Cali Mayor, Dr Rodrigo Guerrero on his office at City Hall in Cali, Colombia, on December 4, 2014

    How to cut crime in Colombia: treat violence as a social disease

November 2014

  • Data protection

    Samaritans Radar row won’t be the last of its kind

    Ben Mason
    As charities are increasingly drawn to data-centric approaches, we can expect many more dilemmas around data, privacy and good intentions, says Ben Mason

August 2014

  • Physicians for human rights Syria map

    How to
    How to make infographics: a beginner’s guide to data visualisation

  • Trachoma is leading cause of blindness in sub-Saharan Africa

    GDPN explainers
    Can maps and mobiles prevent blindness?

April 2014

  • Nigerian field workers for the World Health Organisation inoculate a child with polio vaccine.

    Innovative data collection is key to achieving immunisation goals

    A polio immunisation plan in South Sudan shows how mobile technology and local volunteers transform disease surveillance

March 2014

  • The earth

    Media network blog
    Governments are opening up their data but more can be done

    More data is not necessarily better data, but the upward trajectory most governments are moving is encouraging
  • Girl with laughing smiley face

    What makes people happy and why it matters for development

    On the UN Day of Happiness, should happiness economics, wellbeing and quality of life become key determinants of policy?

  • Every Little Helps

    Best bits
    18 ways to iron out IATI

    From making data user-friendly to gearing open access technology to community groups, our panel suggests ways to improve the International Aid Transparency Initiative

February 2014

  • Three-year-old weighed in Uzbekistan

    How to
    How to … collect data on child poverty

    How do you find out how many victims there are of female genital mutilation or use technology? Unicef UK's chief advises on how to map out the needs of the world's children

  • IATI

    How does the International Aid Transparency Initiative work?

    What are the processes, risks, costs and benefits of publishing aid information to IATI? Ask our experts, Thursday 27 February

    • Gender-based violence: stop looking for 'proof' and put survivors first

    • UN: don't overlook access to information in goal on governance

    • Invisible children: birth registration is a prerequisite for equality

January 2014

  • Afghanistan child labor

    When is a slave a slave?

    While calling certain practices slavery may raise attention to it, not all children who are exposed to hazardous work are slaves and not all workers who don't receive a fair wage are forced, argues Beate Andrees

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