Development Gateway
For Support Of Administrative Data Work In Africa
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/29/2020
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Development Gateway helps governments and donors use data management tools to improve development results. This program will support the government of Senegal in using data generated through program implementation, referred to as administrative data, to improve the design and implementation of agriculture programs. Development Gateway will also document and share evidence on administrative data use in Africa and provide technical assistance to select multilateral agencies’ efforts to help governments improve data use. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.developmentgateway.org
Address
1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for research on digital infrastructure for education in East and West Africa
Development Gateway (DG), a subsidiary of IREX , is an international nonprofit organization with team members in more than 10 countries worldwide. DG conducts research on data ecosystems, builds digital tools to support those ecosystems, improves data interoperability and analytics, and advises on data strategy and digital transformation to strengthen decision making, transparency, and service delivery. IREX is a global development and education organization dedicated to building a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information. Through this grant, DG, together with education sector experts from IREX, will assess education data systems and digital public infrastructure to ongoing and future efforts to strengthen education data systems in West and East Africa. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for education data-driven decision mapping research in East and West Africa
Development Gateway: an IREX Venture (DG) is an international nonprofit organization with team members in more than 10 countries worldwide. DG conducts research on data ecosystems, builds digital tools to support those ecosystems, improves data interoperability and analytics, and advises on data strategy and digital transformation to strengthen decision making, transparency, and service delivery. IREX is a global development and education organization dedicated to building a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information. Through this grant, DG, together with education sector experts from IREX, will map the education data and decision ecosystems in Kenya and Senegal, focusing on primary and secondary education, to more holistically understand the barriers to more effective data sharing, interoperability, and ultimate use. By understanding the barriers to data use, this program will allow for more targeted interventions for creating robust education data ecosystems for better learning outcomes. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
