by Global Development Institute | Mar 23, 2016 | Events
Big and Open Data for International Development workshop Tuesday 12 July 2016, Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester, UK This is a call for abstracts/presentations on big and open data for international development, with an initial deadline of...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Richard Heeks Pose the following to data-revolution-for-development activists: “Show me an initiative of yours that has led to scaled, sustained development outcomes”. If – as likely – they struggle, there’s a simple reason. We have not yet connected the data...
by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
By Richard Heeks Around the time of the MDGs, ICT4D became the focus for a critical mass of activity; a “sidestreaming” approach that saw specialist ICT4D units arise in a number of international and national organisations. Following the 2005 World Summit on the...
by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
by Richard Heeks A key theme in the post-2015 development agenda is transformation: a belief that the incremental developmental changes achieved to date will no longer be sufficient in the remainder of the 21st century; and an aspiration for a step-change in approach....
