Case studies Archives

What can you learn about aid and development projects through D-Portal?

By Gary Forster | Sep 5, 2024 | Case studies

Gary Forster introduces the aid and development information that can be found on D-Portal – a gateway to the 800,000 projects in the International Aid transparency Initiative dataset. Using the example of investments made by the African Development Bank into water and sanitation projects in Zambia, Gary shows the wealth of information (such as objectives, partners, funding disbursements, and evaluation reports) that can be explored when agencies publish good data.

How and why does the Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard use aid data?

By Sam Cavenett | Jul 23, 2024 | Case studies

Zacharey Carmichael, Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice discusses how the Global Food and Nutrition Security Dashboard uses International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) data to support real-time emergency decision-making.

How is aid data being used in Liberia?

By Sam Cavenett | Nov 21, 2022 | Case studies

Augustus Flomo, Deputy Minister at the Government of Liberia’s Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, provides great insights into why and how his government uses aid and development data.

Building the Gavi glasshouse

By Guest | Jul 5, 2022 | Case studies

Pascal Barollier shares Gavi’s aid transparency journey, how the use of aid data has evolved, and how they incorporated data for the fast-moving COVAX initiative into their systems.

Following the money: using data to track development spending in Nigeria

By Guest | May 24, 2022 | Blog, Case studies

Hamzat Lawal discusses how Connected Development works with marginalised communities to track funding and monitor development projects. He reflects on whether international donors, and those inputting the aid data, know that teams of community volunteers are consuming and using the same data to ensure their projects are being implemented effectively.

The vital role transparency plays in accountability of nutrition financing

By Guest | May 23, 2022 | Case studies

Richard Watts of Save the Children discusses how open data is being used to track aid to nutrition and hold donors accountable for their commitments. He explains that this is only possible due to continued improvements in the available aid data, but development partners could still do more to increase their transparency.