Over 3.5 years, the networked economies (NE) project has worked with more than 15 partner organizations in activities to further gender-responsive research and outcomes. Preliminary analysis indicates that an intersectional ...
Smith, Matthew L.; Seward, Ruhiya Kristine(MIT PressIDRC, 2020-08-25)
A decade ago, a significant trend in using and supporting open practices emerged in international development. “Open development” describes initiatives as wide-ranging as open government and data, open science, open ...
Mariscal, Judith; Davó, Gloria Mayne; Ruiz del Rio, Alejandra(2020-06-30)
The cyber policy center, Centro Latam Digital (CLD) is currently conducting research on misinformation, data protection and privacy, online work and education, including the gender gap, in online labor markets in the context ...
The aim of the project was to strengthen the ability of the Open Data Working Group of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) to support joint learning between governments and civil society to implement and enhance open ...
The project works to build an evidence base for digital policymaking in the Global South, through coordinated nationally representative surveys, using common methodology and common research instruments in order to better ...
The study analyzed trends and implications of current policy reform for data collection, analysis and sharing via web-based platforms. In particular, it interrogated emerging regulatory frameworks that shape, constrain or ...
Artopoulos, Alejandro; Huarte, Jimena; Rivoir, Ana Laura; Cancela, Victoria(2019-02-07)
The study assesses the online commerce (e-commerce) economy in Argentina and Uruguay: do online platforms really open new opportunities for producers and customers? How inclusive are e-commerce services for small and medium ...
The research report offers a comparative analysis of problems suffered by digital platform users in their daily-life transactions, namely practices and threats that are exclusionary or unfair under legal frameworks, as ...
Research included case studies of different economic sectors and legal reviews in the domains of e-commerce, agriculture, video-on-demand, food delivery, fintech, ride hailing and travel undertaken in various sites in the ...
Open data is not yet entrenched in law on the continent. Legal frameworks supporting it are incomplete or absent. Implementation and resourcing are also very weak. While some governments are advancing towards data openness, ...