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Using Open Datasets to Fertilize Agriculture Development: Announcing the Catalog’s newest feature
Agriculture is one of the oldest applications of data. For centuries, people have used data to track meteorological conditions, quantify grain yields, and distribute harvest among populations. In…
See Yourself in Cybersecurity: How an expert is encouraging all students and practitioners to explore the field (and our Catalog)
Working in digital development doesn’t mean you have to be an all-knowing technologist or have all the answers on your own: our Catalog of Digital Solutions was designed for use by all. Welcome to…
DPG Charter Whitepaper: Announcing a Call-for-Evidence on DPGs and DPI
Provide more information and fill out our brief survey here! The recently announced Digital Public Goods (DPG) Charter is rallying a growing coalition of governments, civil society, and…
Announcing Catalog of Digital Solutions Release: Playbooks, Enhanced Filtering, Seamless Product Page Editing, and More…
The first quarterly release for the Catalog of Digital Solutions is now live! Today we’re launching several improvements that will make it easier to discover data across the SDG Digital…
Four Uses of the DIAL Catalog of Digital Solutions
As digital technology becomes more commonplace in development programs, the importance of freely available, accessible, and trustworthy data on these tools becomes a critical link for…
Announcing the Launch of the DIAL Catalog of Digital Solutions
If you are a global development actor (GDA), then you know the challenges in finding reliable data on digital tools and implementations. Data can empower users, save time and resources, reduce…
DIAL’s Recommendations for the Consultation of Civil Society with Member States in advance of the 2nd Preparatory Committee Meeting for LDC5
The Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation appreciates the opportunity to submit our comments on the zero draft outcome document for the Consultation of Civil Society with…
New and Improved Tools and Methods for Measuring through the Digital Principles
Looking back to 2015, when the first Principles for Digital Development working group was established, it’s incredible to realize the ways the community has grown: launching with a humble 54…
Looking back to leap forward: Five years of the Digital Impact Alliance
In January, I announced our new five-year strategy, Digital Beacons. Today, I’m pleased to publish an independent evaluation of DIAL’s work up to that point—what we call “DIAL 1.0”—which…
Putting the Principles to the Test: Exploring the Causality between Digital Training and Digital Transformation
The Principles for Digital Development are commonly touted as best practice guidelines in digital development, but do they support digital capacity building, and in turn,…