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In the Netherlands, a modest experiment in welfare policy taps into a very big idea: universal basic income.
In the Netherlands, a modest experiment in welfare policy taps into a very big idea: universal basic income.
RippleWorks helps entrepreneurs in the developing world tap the expertise of executives and engineers from Silicon Valley.
An online platform for “microbonds” promises to make it easier for people to invest public works projects.
Several ventures now under way in developing countries show how networks of connected machines can drive economic growth.
A system that combines software and sensors promises to improve farmers’ ability to manage, conserve, and lease water.
At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.
mPowering has created an app that awards goods and services to individuals facing extreme poverty when they make beneficial choices.
Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast.
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.