Avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND) are the most prevalent poultry diseases in many Asian countries, with significant economic impact on smallholder livestock farmers.
In an era of rapid change and increasing mistrust in institutions, open data and the surrounding communities that use it, are working to shift norms and culture to create dialogue and collaboration between governments, civil society and the privat
Research interventions need to be effective in order to contribute to positive change, but effective research for development is difficult; there are no blueprints, and each project requires a strategy that suits its own changing context.
Networking technologies are increasingly at the heart of economic, social, and political activities.
Despite promising open data initiatives, notably in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, African Francophone countries are severely lagging behind in terms of access and use of public data.
Releasing freely accessible, standardized, and easily readable data — open data — can increase transparency and accountability for governments, build new businesses and services for citizens, and increase participation in addressing key developmen
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) 2015–2030 agenda, promoting gender equality is central to global development policy and practice.
Despite recent progress with mobile technology diffusion, more than four billion people worldwide are unconnected and have limited access to global communication infrastructure.
In Africa and Asia, regulations governing communications are not designed to facilitate poverty reduction and economic growth.
Conditional cash transfers are a promising new anti-poverty device that give stipends to the poorest if they meet certain conditions, such as their children attending school.