Why Funders Should Go Meta
Spending money on research, or improving the research process, is one of the most powerful force multipliers that philanthropy can leverage.
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Innovations in technology that serve the world (more)
Making the Affordable Aspirational: Increasing the Adoption of Frugal Innovations at the Base of the Pyramid
Companies and nonprofits need to be more realistic and empathetic that consumers’ decisions are not purely driven by cost.
Workplace AI Wants to Help You Belong
Can the new suite of digital surveillance tools help to create more just and equitable workplaces?
Digital Service Development Needs an Ethical Pause
The ethical pause—a short period of reflection and inquiry about a project’s ethical implications and the team’s approach to the work—helps ensure teams ask the right questions and address issues of inequity and access in the services they develop.
Cancer-Detecting Undergarments
A new cancer-detecting smart bra raises awareness about breast cancer and breast health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Obstetrics by App
Pregnancy and maternity health-care apps educate expectant and new parents to improve health outcomes for mothers and children in Nigeria and beyond.
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The Right to Intimate Privacy
The Fight for Privacy investigates how governments and businesses violate and profit from our personal lives online.
SSIR Online, Fall 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about supporting women’s leadership in STEM, preventing gun violence, creating safer roads, measuring impact, and narrative change.
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In the Middle With You
An excerpt from Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source on the failure of peer-to-peer lending.
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Leaving Money on the Table
An excerpt from There’s Nothing Micro about a Billion Women on how financial service providers can reduce inequality and build a more inclusive world by better serving women customers.