In 2016, I founded D4DInsights with a simple but ambitious belief: Data and digital transformation can fundamentally change how countries tackle their most urgent challenges — from climate change and food security to disaster resilience and sustainable development. But technology alone is never enough. Over the past ten years, D4DInsights’ work has reached nearly 100 countries — helping governments, multilateral institutions, regional bodies, foundations, and communities buil

To monitor country progress towards national goals, including international agreements such as SDGs, National Statistical Systems must often address a fundamental question: How can we ensure that urgent policy priorities are translated into sound, feasible, and timely indicators?  In Tonga, a new structured and scalable approach is providing an answer, offering a blueprint for the Pacific region and beyond. Moving Beyond Indicators Methodologies to Measurements A collaboratio

D4DInsights 2025 Year in Review

Developing a trust based data sharing program for climate action.

D4DInsights year in review and look ahead to 2025

I am proud to share our accomplishments and partnerships in advancing the use of data and technology for conservation, climate change,...

This article was originally published by the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) where Aditya Agrawal is a Research Fellow: ...

Biodiversity is vital for the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. It provides us with essential ecosystem services...

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a safe, festive, and restful holiday season. 2022 was a busy year for D4DInsights. As I reflect on the...

Over the last decade, as the availability of data increased exponentially, international development practitioners envisioned new,...

CASE STUDY The Challenge More than 700 million people around the world faced hunger in 2020, and this number has been rising since 2014....

Circular economic business models, that is, those that seek to keep materials and products in continuous use, are increasingly...

Ladies of Landsat is a Twitter-based organization that got its start officially in 2018. Led by a group of women hoping to increase...

Reflections from my experience working on Digital Earth Africa and what it takes to set up programs of a similar scope and scale.