Our focus

The value that DGMT adds to the broader national development effort falls largely outside of formal institutions, in the spaces where government provision is often poor, where the private sector sees little role for itself in offering health, education and social services, and in parts of our nation that tend to be neglected.

DGMT’s work is centred on:

We see this as our main focus because:

› Investment in children and young people has the greatest prospect of changing long-term educational and economic trajectories.

› Expanding the semi-skilled labour market (semi-skilled in terms of the knowledge economy) will widen pathways into the skilled workforce while reducing wage inequality.

› Infusion of knowledge and skills into informal socio-economic networks (e.g. childminder networks) is likely to give the highest returns in the next decade.

› Supportive interfaces with government and the private sector (e.g. markets, financing and accreditation) will ensure greater integration into the mainstream economy over time.

Much of the real power for change and innovation today rests in synergy of human behaviour, technology and our environment. Commercial innovation is powering ahead while government and civil society struggle to ensure that the gains from innovation benefit all. Our role should be that of a real-time synergiser of technology and human behaviour for public innovation – bringing together innovations in policy, programmes and technology and integrating it into local communities.