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In September 2018, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) published the SDG Digital Investment Framework in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This framework calls on governments, donors, technology providers, and development practitioners to take a whole-of-society[1] and whole-of-government approach[2] to investing in and implementing digital technologies. The framework is a tool that governments and their

It wasn’t that long ago that most development projects would only track output indicators for their quarterly and annual reports. More sophisticated evaluations techniques are needed to assess gains in literacy rates and related contributions of the intervention.  

The digital age has led to enormous opportunities across the world and sub-Saharan Africa, but also significant challenges. This is an installment of a new DIAL insights series that explores some of these cross-cutting issues and offers practical recommendations for expanding the cadre of software developers across sub-Saharan Africa. Read the full series here The

This blog is part of a series aimed at exploring the scalability of financing digital technology and the procurement process for digital tools in the development sector, specifically for low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Our aim is to better understand the drivers and market-shaping activities that attract supply options for digital that otherwise might not be available

In this blog, our CEO Kate Wilson explains how we can balance the potential benefits and harms of digital data for development.

DIAL’s goal for this “midline” evaluation is to further our organizational learning and stay connected with the needs of the digital ecosystem.