Wartime Digital Resilience
How Ukraine built a digital platform to streamline public service delivery as well as the national defense
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Reimagining Our High-Tech World
Although digital technology and society are increasingly and inextricably linked, digital technology must develop in service of society. We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Omidyar Network.
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AI is helping to locate land mines to speed their removal.
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System Error
In Recoding America, Barack Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer argues that the success of government policies requires better implementation of digital services for the public.
Technology for the People
The digital system should serve the public interest, with much more intentional governance of technology in its broadest terms, including culture, norms, mindsets, institutions, ethics, and participation.
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Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
The Challenge of Organizational Learning
A recent study found three common barriers to knowledge sharing across nonprofits and their networks, as well as ways and means to overcome them.
The Dragonfly Effect
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.