Human Rights

Walk With Makmende: Part 1

By Clare Corthell Bennett

From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.

Technology & Design

Apps and Other Innovations Steve Jobs Gave to Nonprofits

By Curtis Chang 3

Steve Jobs benefited the nonprofit sector by radically leveling the technological playing field.

Technology & Design

Mobile Measurement: Lowering Costs and Engaging Beneficiaries

By Matthew Forti

We should be paying attention to monitoring and evaluation innovation in developing countries, where technology leads to better programs.

Health

Breaking the Health Care Cost Trend with Innovative Service Delivery

By Bob Fabbio 1

Health care needs large-scale innovation that introduces higher-quality, lower-cost providers through a system that's mobile, digital, and efficient.

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Investing for the Safety Net

By Stefanos Zenios & Lyn Denend 2

Technologies that reduce costs and improve care for the underserved are often the most difficult to scale up. But a handful of strategies could turn things around.

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Opportunities in Mobile Health

By Jaspal S. Sandhu 16

The United States and other industrialized countries can learn from experiments in the developing world that use the humble cell phone as a platform for innovation.

Nonprofits

A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

By Amy Sample Ward 2

There’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to advocate for the change they want.

Podcast

Global Issues

2011 Stanford Healthcare Summit

Featuring B.J. Fogg

Psychologist and innovator Dr. BJ Fogg discusses his model which outlines techniques to stop or decrease behaviors that are unhealthy or start or increase more healthful habits.

Economic Development

Antipoverty Apps

By Suzie Boss 13

mPowering has created an app that awards goods and services to individuals facing extreme poverty when they make beneficial choices.

Technology & Design

Banking Beyond Branches: An Interim Report Card

By Ignacio Mas 1

There is a need to develop simplified paths for mobile operators and banks alike to get on the inexorable road to banking beyond branches.