CDA Insights: White Papers and Publications

Localizing Digital Public Goods

Digital public goods (DPGs) provide local actors with an alternative to expensive, proprietary digital solutions through a verified registry of open-source software, open data, open artificial intelligence models, open standards, and open content.

AI in Public Service

Toward meaningful transparency and accountability of AI algorithms

No Reward Without Risk

Addressing the economic impacts of misinformation and other digital harms on MSMEs

Toward Ethical Artificial Intelligence in International Development

Exploring how the international development community can move toward more ethical uses of AI while still reaping its benefits.

Regulating AI and Big Data Deployment in Healthcare

Proposing Robust and Sustainable Solutions for Developing Countries’ Governments.

User Perceptions of Trust and Privacy on the Internet

Frontier Insights research into user perceptions of trust and privacy on the internet in India and Ghana.

LEAN HCD

A case study in human-centered design in the highlands of Guatemala.

Digital Inclusion and a Trusted Internet

The role of the international development community in balancing internet access and cybersecurity.

Coffee Cloud: Precision ag at the touch of a button (English)

A case study on the design and development of Coffee Cloud, a mobile application that brings data-driven, precision agriculture techniques to coffee farmers across Central America

Coffee Cloud: Una necesidad regional con un enfoque nacional (Spanish)

Un estudio de caso sobre el diseño y desarrollo de Coffee Cloud, una aplicación móvil que utiliza datos para brindar técnicas precisas para la agricultura a los productores de café en América Central

Building the Future of Tech-Enabled Agriculture

Countries across Africa can boast of making impressive strides, especially in the past decade, toward becoming vibrant economies that attract foreign investment and increase opportunities for their citizens.

DAI History: 40 Years of Excellence

DAI was founded in 1970 by three graduates of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government intent on providing a more dynamic and effective brand of development assistance. See how DAI is turning this American success story, into a global one.