Technology
The Low-Cost AI Illusion
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.
Tag: Digital Divide
Civic Engagement
AI for Health Management
By streamlining tasks, Avalon Health AI seeks to boost the health-care sector's efficiency in Zimbabwe.
Civic Engagement
Putting Government in the People’s Hands
Tracka seeks to close the accountability gap between the Nigerian government and its citizens.
Social Enterprise
Continuous Transformation to Serve the Mission
Forty years ago, FUNDES launched to serve small enterprises in Latin America. The organization had to reinvent itself many times to survive but continues to support the region’s economic and social development. | Open access to this article made possible by the University of Geneva
Technology
Local Digital Spaces Are Essential Civic Infrastructure
With traditional community spaces underfunded and neglected, investing in the health of our online gathering places has become essential.
Technology
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.
Technology
Seize the Future by Harnessing the Power of Data
A look at the data assets we can build on.
Economic Development
Tech Inclusion for Excluded Communities
Bringing high-tech operations into the geographical heart of excluded communities jump-starts mass participation, galvanizing economic advancement for their members while challenging accepted norms of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Technology
Creating Tech Prosperity for All
People from disadvantaged communities have largely been cut off from the tech cornucopia. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Technology
Decolonize Data
The social sector too often extracts and siloes data from the communities it supposedly serves.