In response to the global COVID-19 crisis, the Global Development Incubator (GDI) and the Institute for Transformative Technologies (ITT) have launched a partnership to curate, design and promote effective solutions to the COVID response in low-income countries. This...
Women of the World Endowment (WoWE) Launches Global Challenge to Increase Financial Commitments for Gender Equality
Women of the World Endowment (WoWE), an early-stage initiative incubated by GDI, has launched a global challenge with UN Women to increase financial commitments to initiatives focused on financing Sustainable Development Goal 5 — gender equality. The objective of the...
Global Digital Health Index Expands Platform for Multilingual Access
The Global Digital Health Index (GDHI) — an interactive digital resource that tracks, monitors, and evaluates the use of digital technology for health across countries — is now available in 4 additional languages: Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The GDHI...
Leapfrog to Value Initiative Launches With Flagship Report
Leapfrog to Value is an early-stage health initiative incubated by GDI that is building a coalition around value-based care. Value-based care aligns patients, payers, and providers around a common goal: achieving the best health outcomes at the best cost. By embracing...
New Pathways to Prosperity Report Introduces Tools to Bridge the Persistent Rural Agricultural Financing Gap
ISF Advisors and the Mastercard Foundation’s Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab (the Lab) — both initiatives currently housed at Global Development Incubator (GDI) — have released their latest rural and agricultural finance state of the sector report:...
New GDI Initiative for Sustainable Urban Development Announced at UN Habitat Assembly
The world’s urban population is increasing — most rapidly in low and middle income countries. In order to meet Sustainable Development Goal 11 — to make cities more sustainable, resilient, inclusive and safe — governments will need to develop more urban...