2nd August 2018

Making open data work for gender equality

While gender equality continues to be a problem across the world, there has been a coordinated effort globally to work towards bridging inequality even though there […]
28th May 2017
Image of farmers meeting in Dirib Gombo

Data Coordination Will Enrich CAADP’s Mutual Accountability Mechanisms

Data coordination has presented a challenge to Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) implementers for a long time. This is now more acute with the larger number […]
17th October 2016
LDRI's Muchiri Nyaggah at the 2016 International Open Data Conference in Madrid, Spain.

LDRI To Coordinate Plans for the Africa Open Data Network

The Open Data for Development Network (OD4D), during the recent International Open Data Conference (IODC 2016), announced that LDRI shall be the initial coordinator of the […]
24th June 2016

What Determines Agriculture Policy?

‘Pessimism around poor agricultural performance coupled with optimism about its potential and its necessity as an engine of growth and development combine to inform many of […]
12th January 2016

Building Resilience Through Better Coordination: Lessons From Boston & Surat

Over the past few weeks, we have explored key elements of Resilience in Disaster Risk Reduction. The vital role played by data and information was the first in this […]
31st December 2015

The Data Revolution in the Context of the Developmental State

In our first post of the series, we established our compound working definition for ‘developmental state’ as we explore the context within which a data revolution […]