Tech for the Public Good
In Power to the Public, Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank make the case for renovating government and policymaking with 21st-century digital technology.
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Technology - Articles
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How to Deliver Cash Transfer Programs More Effectively to Hard-to-Reach Populations
Cash transfer programs often struggle to reach those most in need. An investigation of four programs across Brazil, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Palestine revealed five features that lead to success.
Improving Diversity in Tech With Smarter Investments in Higher Education
Doing more to support higher education institutions will improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the tech industry—though it also must be done better to address flaws in the current approach and the struggles of colleges.
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Human-Centric Business
An excerpt from Convergence argues that today’s leaders must recognize the many signals of accelerating disruption and the increasing convergence where people, technology, and business intersect.
Social-Tech Entrepreneurs: Building Blocks of a New Social Economy
How a new genre of social entrepreneur can wield emerging technologies to create integrated and inclusive social and industrial policies.
How European Governments Can Help Spur Innovations for the Public Good
Sensible innovation policy design, targeted at innovations for the public good, can be a crucial tool in helping our societies recover and rebuild.
A League of Their Own
Social enterprise Lesbians Who Tech & Allies has created a global network of LGBT people and their associates that has made the sector more diverse and inclusive.
An Insightful Collaboration
The social enterprise Smart Focus grounds their solutions to China’s rural vision-care crisis in research.
Chinese Food-Delivery Workers, Unite!
AI-driven food-delivery platforms create greater distrust and labor unrest among gig workers.
SSIR Online, Summer 2021 Issue
Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on fighting disinformation, Indigenous entrepreneurs, multigenerational innovations, and effective virtual boards.