Major gains in Haitian students’ literacy skills through the Read to Learn initiative, led by Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—in partnership with Notre Dame’s Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD)—have earned Notre Dame a significant role as part of a $33,379,887 million U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded project in Haiti.
Sara Sievers has been appointed associate dean for policy and practice and associate professor of the practice in the new Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
University of Notre Dame junior Cassidy McDonald will be going on assignment with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kristof as part of a New York Times contest. McDonald will be travelling to a developing country to raise awareness about neglected global issues.
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Kenneth Hackett will speak on campus on March 18, in the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Visitors Center. Ambassador Hackett will speak on the impact of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'. The event is free and open to the public.
Corporate philanthropy benefits organizations in many ways: Giving enhances a business’s reputation and strengthens a business’s efforts toward corporate social responsibility. But does corporate philanthropy do anything to benefit a business’s employees?
NDIGD recently conducted a baseline study to determine migration frequency and distance, decision-making for migration, and mortality rates as a baseline.
A five-year collaboration between institutions in the United States and Sweden has resulted in a new, public dataset for researchers of democracy.
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) is partnering with Results for Development (R4D) on a USAID-funded project focused on implementing a rapid feedback system to improve development program outcomes.
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) and Professor Marya Lieberman have won a USAID Development Innovation Ventures award to improve global health.
It is now widely accepted that for global development to progress at the pace governments would like, it is imperative to engage the private sector.
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, announced on Monday (Sept. 21) that the University will cease burning coal entirely within five years. During his speech, he highlighted several NDIGD projects.
Two innovative projects that address climate change in developing countries have won the coveted 2015 Corporate Adaptation Prize awarded by the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index.
The University of Notre Dame has received $133.7 million in research funding for fiscal year 2015. This is an all-time record for the University and $20 million more than last year.
With 91 percent of global development funding now provided by nongovernment sources, how can we better understand the private sector’s interests in public-private partnership and its growing role in international development?
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) recently completed a baseline study for the Catholic Relief Services, Benin (CRS Benin) Food For Education Project, evaluating the best approaches in improving student literacy levels and school attendance.
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) has received $1.6 million from Accenture to expand the Connectivity, Electricity and Education for Entrepreneurship (CE3) project. Accenture’s commitment will help to grow the existing project in Uganda and launch the project in South Africa.
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) will host their annual Corporate Impact Forum this month, focusing on the expansion of partnerships in the developing world. Representatives from both the public and private sectors will gather for both roundtable and panel discussions for comprehensive and well-rounded dialogue.
USAID | Notre Dame Global Development Fellow Craig Iffland is currently in Johannesburg, South Africa conducting research at the Afro-Middle East Centre. His research project, "The Applicability…
USAID | Notre Dame Global Development Fellow, Emily Maiden, is currently in Cape Town, South Africa conduting research for the Kellogg Institute for International Studies Varieties of Democracy Project. While conducting research at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Emily has had the opportunity to witness first-hand the #RhodesMustFall Movement launched by UCT students. Below is an excerpt from her entry, "Rhodes Must Fall" in her personal blog, where Emily reflects on the roots of the movement, and its implications.
Shortly before I arrived here in Cape Town, a group of students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) launched a protest movement called #RhodesMustFall, which was initially aimed at forcing the removal of a large statue of Cecil John Rhodes from UCT’s Upper Campus...
The Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) recently completed a midterm evaluation of the Food For Education project in Honduras. Food For Education was implemented by Catholic Relief Services, in conjunction with local Honduran organizations, to improve literacy in school-aged children.