Donors Funding Technology: 10 Recommendations
Funding the global public good of technology is a useful way for donors to leverage the impact of their aid. Different types of technologies appear to be important to development … Continue reading
Changing What Counts
This report looks at how citizens and civil society groups can generate data as a means to influence institutional data collection. In the following pages, we profile citizen-generated and civil … Continue reading
Citizen-generated Data and Governments: Towards a Collaborative Model
This piece explores how government hosting of citizen‑generated data sets (CGD) can meet the needs of both governments and civil society, and open up opportunities for increased collaboration between government … Continue reading
Information technology and political engagement
This paper contributes to our understanding of inequalities in political participation by assessing the causal and heterogeneous effects of access to means of communication. In doing so we seek to … Continue reading
8 Placemaking Principles for Innovation Districts
Increasingly, startups, incubators and accelerators around the world are clustering around leading-edge companies and institutions in dense urban settings called “innovation districts.” By creating shared value, placemaking has much to offer this … Continue reading
Living with complexity: evolution, ecology, viruses and climate change
Just as we manage human health-care in any civilised society, our clear and present responsibility is to manage this planet, our only home, and all its magnificent life forms. Here, … Continue reading
Bottom of the data pyramid: Big data and the global South
Big data is a misnomer. While the field is relatively young, much thought has already been churned on critiquing the term, particularly about not being able to equate the scale … Continue reading
Unplugging: Deconstructing the Smart City
This paper explores the subtle notion of unplugging to critically analyze the technological determinism of the Smart City. This exploration suggests that being digitally connected should not be perceived as … Continue reading
Innovating for pro-poor services: why politics matter
Despite innovation efforts and optimism across the development sector, few innovations lead to actual sustainable, systemic change. Too often the barriers are political – factors such as motivation, power and … Continue reading
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