Infrastructure

Infrastructure shapes the world around us - providing clean water, energy, and the spaces we need to live and thrive. But discussions around how to improve infrastructure around the globe too often focus on unfair trade practices, development projects that do not take into account local needs and opinions, and profits for third parties that are not reinvested in local communities. We work to introduce democratic norms, human rights considerations, and sustainability into discussions about infrastructure around the world.

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Setting Higher Standards

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Two separate initiatives have been undertaken to create a common standard to mobilize private capital for investments in sustainable, quality infrastructure projects. But if they are not well coordinated and communicated they could create additional confusion.

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Is Data the New Oil? Examining the Promise of Data for Development

Commentary
The promise of measuring everything and everyone with the help of digital technologies has triggered the interest of the development community as well as governments across the Global South. But in countries like Kenya, the excessive collection or personal data creates risks of monetary and political exploitation, not to mention compounding existing discrimination, without improving the delivery of aid and public services.
By Nanjala Nyabola
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