open development

The new transparency in development economics: lessons from the Millennium Villages controversy

The Millennium Villages Project is a high profile, multi-country development project that has aimed to serve as a model for ending rural poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The project became the subject of controversy when the methodological basis of early claims of success was questioned.

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:51:33 -0800

The accidental theme of a trip to Cape Town

Sometimes a work trip accidentally has a theme, and my recent trip to Cape Town was one of those. I arrived on Thursday, December 5th to the news that Mandela had passed away. My cab driver was on the phone, telling someone that Friday would be a holiday. He glanced back at me and asked “Do you know who Nelson Mandela is?

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:45:48 -0800

Emerging implications of open and linked data for knowledge sharing in development

Movements towards open data involve the publication of datasets (from metadata on publications, to research, to operational project statistics) online in standard formats and without restrictions on reuse. A number of open datasets are published as linked data, creating a web of connected

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 04:36:48 -0800

Evolution and future of the knowledge commons: Emerging opportunities and challenges for less developed societies

This article addresses the emerging field of the knowledge commons in relation to the challenges of international development. It reviews the history of academic knowledge since the Enlightenment, its evolution and current trends, with the purpose of exploring the future of the knowledge commons.

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 04:29:54 -0800

Development + Privacy: a winning formula

This is a guest post from Anna Crowe, Research Officer on the Privacy in the Developing World Project, and Ca rly Nyst, Head of International Advocacy at Privacy International, a London-based NGO workin

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 04:01:28 -0800

Ethics and risk in open development

This post was originally published on the Open Knowledge Foundation blog.

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:32:38 -0800

The revolution will not be in open data

This is a cross-post by Duncan Edwards from the Institute of Development Studies.

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:43:58 -0700

Bruce Lee on open data and ICT4D

Bruce Lee explains why many open data and technology-led initiatives go wrong.
(See minute 1.14).

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:38:46 -0700

Can international civil society organizations be nimble?

About 15 years ago, I was at a regional management meeting where a newly hired colleague was introduced.

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:50:24 -0700

Glass Houses… INGOs and Walking the Talk on IATI

This is a cross-post from Tessie San Martin, CEO of Plan International USA. Tessie’s original post is published on the Plan International USA blog. For more on the status of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) in the US and information on which donors

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:55:54 -0700