Development Data Library (DDL)

An Effort of USAID AidScape™

About

The Development Data Library (DDL) is USAID’s public repository of Agency-funded, machine readable data. The DDL is part of USAID’s commitment to evidence-based programming and rigorous evaluation.  In October 2014, USAID announced its first ever open data policy, Automated Directives System (ADS) 579 – USAID Development Data.  

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Q&A on StackExchange - Ask general questions.

GitHub - Log bugs; provide technical feedback.

Email - Contact the USAID data team at opendata@usaid.gov.

FAQ - For more information about USAID's Development Data Policy, please see our Frequently Asked Questions.

Contribute

Complete the DDL Submission Form to upload data to the Development Data Library.

Engage

Check out our engagement page to keep up-to-date with opportunities to explore and generate insights using USAID's data.

Public Data Listing

Wheat Breeding Technologies for a Shifting Global Climate
This dataset will contain phenotypic observations of a large number of wheat genotypes evaluated in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 at the International Maize and Wheat...
Women's Empowerment in Agricultural Index: Proof of Concept
The index is a significant innovation in its field that measures multiple indicators of empowerment, and generates "scores" that can be compared over time...
Yemen Monitoring and Evaluation Project
The YMEP provides USAID/Yemen with a secure web-based database integrated with existing information systems and accessible to both United States Government and the...
Zambia Communications Support for Health Safe Love Campaign Outcome Evaluation
The Safe Love campaign was a three-year comprehensive HIV prevention behavior change and communication (BCC) initiative implemented between June 2011 and June 2014...

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USAID provides data on the USAID Development Data Library website ("this website") to the public to further USAID's values of transparency, participation, and collaboration in tangible ways that benefit the American people. USAID provides this data with either a Partner License or a Government Work License, which is specific to each dataset. The user must consult the metadata for each dataset to determine the license specific to that dataset.

USAID asks that the "USAID Development Data Library" be cited as the source of the data used from this website.

USAID is providing this information as a public service and makes every effort to provide accurate and complete information. USAID makes no guarantee that there will be no errors, and makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the data on this website, and expressly disclaims liability arising from use, reference to, or reliance on any data contained on this website. This is a service that is continually under development, and USAID will make every effort to keep this site current and to correct errors brought to our attention. Errors and data requests are best reported via USAID's Github account. USAID's open data team can be contacted at opendata@usaid.gov.

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