Washington, D.C. — March 1, 2016 — Washington, DC — The Governance Data Alliance today launched a new website and report that together will strengthen the production, use, and impact of governance data.
New Online Platform
A new tool, governancedata.org, brings a range of governance data together for the first time. Through easy-to-use dashboards, users can compare, produce and aggregate high-quality data that donors and policymakers can then use to take action.
Report — Governance Data: Who Uses It and Why
A new report from the Governance Data Alliance — prepared by AidData — looks at whether governance assessments and scorecards actually influence policy. The report examines who produces governance data, who uses it, and which data is the most influential.
About the Governance Data Alliance
The Alliance brings together a number of world-class organizations committed to the effective production and use of high-quality governance data. Current data producers include the Centre for Law and Democracy, Freedom House, Global Financial Integrity, Global Integrity, the International Budget Partnership, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, Transparency International, the World Justice Project, the World Resources Institute, and the World Bank’s Global Indicators Group. Other key members include the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and government institutions in Guatemala, the Philippines, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone, as well as AidData, the OECD, AmidaTech, and philanthropic donors active on governance and transparency issues.
The Alliance’s secretariat is currently hosted at the Results for Development Institute, and the Alliance’s work is supported by Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
