Developments is DAI’s newsletter, offering feature articles, research, opinion pieces, and interviews on DAI projects and global development issues. Digital@DAI is our blog on what we're learning in the field of digital acceleration.
Market systems development can help turn underserved markets into viable commercial opportunities. SMILES shows how development partners and businesses can work together to reduce investment barriers, adapt business models, and strengthen local markets.
1 month ago | 11 min read
When DAI brought together senior humanitarian leaders, policymakers, and practitioners gathered at the House of Lords, the discussion explored a practical agenda for changing incentives, partnerships, and delivery, writes Matthew Wyatt in partnership with DAI.
1 month ago | 8 min read
In the development sector, two related misconceptions—that extreme poverty means people can’t afford to buy things, and that the private sector has little interest or role to play in climate action—combine to imply that market-based approaches have limited relevance in the field of climate action.
Mining Companies and Startup Partners Should Begin Developing Local Content Before Breaking Ground
Learning From Local Content Policies: Insights From a Study of Six Resource-Rich Countries
National Governments Hold the Key to Sustainable Local Climate Adaptation in the Mekong Basin
Unveiling a New Methodology for Measuring Market Systems and Their Impact on Local Development
Big Data and Domestic Resource Mobilization: How Donors Can Help Developing Countries Increase Revenue
Clean Water for All by 2030. No, Really.