Policy Analysis

Jennifer Turner

Senior Program Manager

Jennifer served as a Senior Program Manager at AidData working on sustainable development solutions from 2017 to 2020.

jturner@aiddata.org

Summary

Jennifer served as a Senior Program Manager at AidData working on sustainable development solutions from 2017 to 2020. She led AidData's SDGs finance tracking and its No One Left Behind/Child Migration portfolios. She led fieldwork for the Sustainable Development Intelligence and Transparent Development Footprints programs in Nigeria and Malaysia; developed and refined AidData's SDG coding methodology; and led in-country work for the Open Data Center for Health (OpenDCH) project in Cote d'Ivoire. Jennifer has served as a co-author on a number of AidData publications and led the development of AidData's policy brief on refugee and migrant children, Overcoming Blind Spots: Making Data Work for Children on the Move. Before coming to AidData, she worked with Kiva, the National Democratic Institute, and the World Bank. Jennifer holds an MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a BA in French from the College of Charleston.

Education

Background

July 11, 2019

Getting on target: A new approach for tracking financing to the SDGs

We tracked over $44 billion in donor financing to the SDGs in four countries, using an updated methodology for estimating SDG-related financing.

March 18, 2019

Cutting across contexts: Better evidence to link the SDGs with national planning

Political will to localize the SDGs is growing. But decision-makers need a rigorous and replicable way to link the global goals to local contexts.

May 11, 2018

Linking the SDGs with national development planning for better coordination

AidData is piloting a new methodology in Rwanda to connect financing for and progress on the SDGs with national development.

March 13, 2018

Minding the gap in data on migrant, refugee and trafficked children

Understanding what data is available about children on the move will help decision-makers better direct resources to them.

Policy Brief

Overcoming Blind Spots: Making Data Work for Children on the Move Policy Brief

Jennifer Turner, Bryan Burgess

2020-05-07

Methodology

Data Inventory: Making Data Work for Children on the Move

Jennifer Turner, Bryan Burgess

2020-05-07

Methodology

Estimating Financing to the Sustainable Development Goals, Version 2.0

Jennifer Turner, Bryan Burgess

2019-07-11

Policy Brief

Financing the SDGs: Evidence in Four Countries

Jennifer Turner

2019-06-28

Policy Report

Ties That Bind: Quantifying China's public diplomacy and its "good neighbor" effect

Samantha Custer, Brooke Russell, Matthew DiLorenzo, Mengfan Cheng, Siddhartha Ghose, Jacob Sims, Jennifer Turner, Harsh Desai

2018-06-27

Methodology

Estimating Baseline Aid to the Sustainable Development Goals

Matthew DiLorenzo, Sid Ghose, Jennifer Turner

2017-11-06

Policy Report

Realizing Agenda 2030: Will donor dollars and country priorities align with global goals?

Tanya Sethi, Samantha Custer, Jennifer Turner, Jacob Sims, Matthew DiLorenzo, Rebecca Latourell

2017-11-06

Policy Brief

Financing the SDGs in Colombia

AidData

2017-03-01