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The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Development Finance Nexus rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by GCRI, and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
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The Development Finance Nexus STEM foundation is the set of canonical methods its findings depend on, from economics and development economics to agricultural, soil and food science. Each method has a canonical STEM Commons page and a page here on its use in the development finance field.
Fig.The methods this platform draws on and what each one feeds. Design, not a record.
For STEM foundation of development finance nexus, in GRA's spatial-finance reading, the map opens on night lights and population density with built-up and settlement extent from NASA GIBS, framed on Southern Africa; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.
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For STEM foundation of development finance nexus, in GRA's spatial-finance reading, the map opens on night lights and population density with built-up and settlement extent from NASA GIBS, framed on Southern Africa; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.
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Each Development Finance Nexus method is described once in the STEM Commons at GCRI and applied here to project siting, safeguards and the financing layers that protect development investment.
When a finding names the methods it depends on, a reader can see its assumptions and limits, and an expert in that method can challenge it.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| STEM Commons | The shared reference of science, technology, engineering and mathematics methods for the Nexus network, hosted by GCRI, with one canonical page per method and a named steward platform. |
| Steward platform | The platform that maintains the canonical description of a method in the STEM Commons and reviews how other platforms apply it. |
| Economics and development economics | Economics and development economics study how societies produce, distribute and consume resources and how living standards change. |
| Causal inference and impact evaluation | Causal inference and impact evaluation develop methods to determine whether and how interventions or exposures cause outcomes. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
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