Research & Editorial Methodology
Readers should be able to see what we know, how we know it and what remains uncertain.
Four content labels
FACT / DATAEXTERNAL ASSESSMENTADG ANALYSISOPINION / COMMENTARY
Our research rules
- Accuracy, transparency, independence and proportionality.
- Material claims should identify sources and dates.
- External assessments are attributed to the institution that made them.
- No ADG index or score without a published methodology.
- Open citizen submissions are not treated as representative survey statistics.
- Material errors are corrected visibly.
- Donors and political actors do not determine research findings.
If ADG cannot explain how a number was calculated, ADG should not publish the number.