Data & Transparency

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If the Cost of Sending Remittances Goes Up and No One Is Around to Measure It, Did It Really Happen?

August 25, 2015
The World Bank does maintain an impressively large database of remittance prices around the world, called Remittance Prices Worldwide, covering over 200 remittance corridors. It is a massive undertaking which involves surveying hundreds of remittance companies across 32 different countries roughly e...
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SDG Negotiations Round 3: Indicators

August 18, 2015
With the outcome document for the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) now submitted, the development community turns to the final piece of the SDG agenda: the indicators. While the goals and targets have endured unending negotiations, from the Open Working Group to all UN member...
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PEPFAR Takes a Lead on Data Transparency – Could Open Contracting Be Next?

July 29, 2015
While the numbers coming out of side events at Addis were hardly worth the single shake of a string-free pom-pom, and the launch of a Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data raised a lot of questions, there were some bright spots in the US commitments to that partnership. In particular, ...
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Linking Women and Foreign Policy – Podcast with Valerie Hudson

July 27, 2015
For a long time, foreign policy was largely "a world minus women," says Valerie Hudson, Professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. That's beginning to change, as policymakers increasingly recognize gender as a c...