Global development data, finally decision-ready

Map who invested in what, where, and how. Identify gaps and opportunities, all in one place.

Who we are

Global Impact Analytics is an independent research company founded by development practitioners and data scientists with over a decade of experience across multilateral and bilateral institutions, as well as leading research organisations.

What we do

  • Our work is anchored in the GDPA, a structured, growing database that harmonises over 20 years of development investment records across several institutions (including bilateral and multilateral donors as well as Development Finance Institutions).

  • See the complete history of development investment in a country or sector: who funded what, in what sequence, at what scale, and where funding concentrated or dispersed.

  • Understand where investment has been substantial but country development trajectories have not shifted as expected, where sectors are underfunded relative to need, and where co-financing patterns suggest coordination failures. All with data quality labels.

  • Receive outputs formatted for strategic conversations where allocation decisions are made: committee briefs, sector comparisons, and portfolio summaries that reduce weeks of manual synthesis to minutes. Every output shows a clear validation and audit trail.

 

How it Works

The GDPA is built on three data layers, each structured to support a different part of the decision problem.

 

  • Over 26,000 harmonised records drawn from IATI, OECD CRS, World Bank, and multilateral development bank disclosures, deduplicated and standardised across reporting systems spanning more than two decades.

  • Over 5,000 indicators per country from 1960 to 2024, including satellite proxies such as night-time lights and vegetation indices for contexts where ground data is unavailable.

  • More than 11,000 project completion reports, results frameworks, and — in the next phase — impact evaluations and beneficiary-level data linked back to the investment records they relate to.

 
 
 

See the Platform

The platform is live and in active development, currently covering Ghana, Colombia, and Yemen.

Outputs are designed as exportable portfolio learning briefs that sit in investment committee conversations, not as standalone research products.

To discuss a pilot or request a walkthrough, contact us via the form below.

Who can use our services

  • Development Finance Institutions and Multilateral Organisations

    See your portfolio in the context of what others have funded, spot duplication before it happens, and defend allocation choices with structured evidence.

  • Bilateral donors

    Reduce the time your teams spend assembling portfolio context and evidence for country strategies, sector reviews, and funding committee papers. See who else is funding what, where, and with what results.

  • Government ministries and planning agencies

    Understand what external partners have invested in your country, identify gaps in coverage, and strengthen your negotiating position in partnership discussions.

  • Researchers and evaluation specialists

    Access harmonised cross-institutional investment data linked to country trajectories and evaluation evidence, with transparent methodology and full provenance.

  • Philanthropic organisations and giving platforms

    Understand where philanthropic capital is most needed and least duplicated. Built for organisations that want evidence-based answers to where additional funding would have the greatest impact.

Contact us

We work with a small number of institutional partners at a time to ensure depth and quality. If you are exploring how portfolio intelligence could support your planning, allocation, or review processes, we would welcome a conversation.

contact@globalimpactanalytics.org