GDC builds independent data on who funds what, where, and with what impact. Alongside it, we host open discussion and education on the sector's key issues, for anyone who wants to understand them.
GDC works in two areas: making impact across the sector easier to see and compare, and making the sector's key issues easier to understand and discuss.
The sector still runs largely on self-reported PDFs and patchy country coverage. We build structured, independent data so impact can be seen and compared.
Short, free articles and a monthly briefing on finance, policy, climate, trade and more: a space to learn about and openly question the issues that matter.
All GDC products are in development. Coverage and features will expand over time.
Impact and development metrics extracted from organisation reports into one structured dataset, organised across Limited Partners, General Partners and Funds.
A scoring layer on the Impact Database that turns each organisation's data into a comparable, at-a-glance measure of development impact.
Economic, market and ESG data for the economies rating agencies cover least: least developed, landlocked, small-island, fragile and unrated. Every figure sourced and scored 0–100.
A curated, user-driven map of organisations working directly or indirectly in global development, aligned to the SDGs. Anyone can submit an entry.
Short articles from GDC on finance, policy, trade and other issues in global development.
Strong ESG lowers the cost of capital, yet rarely removes the underlying risks. So what are investors really pricing?
African consumers created the value, so why do they hold so little of the equity?
The trillion-dollar shortfall standing between the world and the 2030 Goals, and where the capital could come from.
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