Technology & Design
Taking Mobile Money to the Next Level
For mobile money services to evolve, providers need to support all the activities that go on before, during, and after customers make payments.
Tag: Mobile Technology
Innovative ways to use cell phones and other mobile devices for social good
Podcast
Nonprofits
The Whole World In Our Hands
From the 2013 Nonprofit Management Institute, Kenyon explains how the intersection of mobile, social, and technology is changing nonprofits.
Technology & Design
The Challenge of Scaling Digitally
The role of emerging technologies in traditionally “high-touch” development organizations—insights from BRAC’s recent Frugal Innovation Forum.
Podcast
Business
Social Enterprise Enables Hazelnut Farming in Bhutan
The supply chain is just as important as the product. A social entrepreneur describes his experience dealing with value-creating tools and ensuring corporate social responsibility.
Nonprofit Management
Nonprofit Lessons from a Government Tech Debacle
What can organizations learn from the Affordable Care roll out?
Cities
A Smarter Way to Park
In San Francisco, planners are using variable pricing to reduce the congestion, pollution, and aggravation that come with big-city traffic.
Health
Evaluating High-tech Health Approaches in Low-income Countries
Promising technologies for maternal and child health, TB, and malaria abound, but we need to determine what really works.
Technology & Design
The “How” and “Who” of Emerging Market Tech Uptake
The dynamics of technology are changing rapidly in emerging markets, but leaders don’t necessarily agree on all the details.
Technology
The Call of Violence
In parts of the world, expanding cell-phone coverage brings with it an increase in violent activity.
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Technology & Design
SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
SMART CITIES explores how the combination of city growth and new technology can bring opportunities for the future.