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 +26,000 investment records over 50 years 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 what we’ve built

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.

Research & Presentations

Portfolio infrastructure as the precondition for credible AI evidence synthesis

At Measuring Development 2026 in Washington DC, the Global Development Portfolio Atlas (GDPA) was presented in a session on AI tools for evidence synthesis, alongside 3ie, the World Bank Impact AI team, and the Agency Fund.

The argument set out was that AI-assisted synthesis becomes credible to development institutions only when it rests on a harmonised, auditable portfolio layer: a structured record of who invested in what, where, and alongside which country context and evaluation evidence. GDPA provides that layer.

Who uses the GDPA

  • 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.

Leadership

Janine Aguilera

Founding Director

Janine founded GIA after thirteen years designing impact measurement frameworks, evaluations, and decision-support tools for major donor-funded programmes, Her work spans the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tetra Tech International, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and International Growth Centre (FCDO-funded) across West and East Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.

Daniel Martinez

Director of Data Systems and Technology

Daniel leads the engineering of the Global Development Portfolio Atlas, with over thirteen years in software and cloud infrastructure spanning architecture design, software delivery, and site reliability. His work ensures the platform's data harmonisation and access controls are built to institutional standards of reliability and security.

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.