4 About this note

4.1 What’s new in this version?

This version includes a new methodology to identify gender data from aid databases developed by PARIS21, Open Data Watch and the OECD. The note also includes new code blocks to use together with open-source methodology used in the platform.

4.2 Acknowledgement

This version was updated by Yu Tian and Johannes Abele, building on the previous version of the methodological note by Julia Schmidt, Junya Ino, Yu Tian, Guglielmo Zappalà and Lorenz Noe.

Prior to this methodological note, the Clearinghouse Data Sourcing Strategy was published in early 2021 to inform the Bern Network core group members of the latest developments in relation to the technical development of the Clearinghouse, in particular the proposed way forward for the data sourcing for the platform.