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Innovative ways to use cell phones and other mobile devices for social good

 

Microfinance

All-Mobile Microfinance

By Suzie Boss | Nov. 14, 2012
 
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Microfinance

Remixing Microfinance

Microfinance has tended to grow by faithful replication of well-established models; it is now time to experiment with hybrid models that bring together the best features of each.

By Ignacio Mas | Oct. 30, 2012
 

Technology & Design

Technology and Environmental Sustainability

Featuring Tim O'Reilly | Oct. 26, 2012
 
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Technology & Design

Campus Party: It’s not a “Spanish Thing”

A look at a generational cohort that the world must engage.

By Daniel Ben-Horin | 6 | Sep. 20, 2012
 
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Technology & Design

Is the UN Really Trying to Take Over the Internet?

A look at new proposals to change how our Internet is governed.

By Keisha Taylor | 1 | Sep. 13, 2012
 
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Economic Development

Trust and Technology

Together, the public and private sector can develop affordable and truly accessible banking solutions that benefit the world’s poor.

By William Brindley | Sep. 5, 2012
 
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Economic Development

Smartphones and Mobile Payments

The penetration of smartphones in the US has caused jockeying for position in the new mobile payments space—can this happen in developing countries too?

By Ignacio Mas | 1 | Aug. 31, 2012
 

Technology & Design

I, You, We

Reviewed By Lucy Bernholz | Aug. 15, 2012
 
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Technology & Design

Gaming with a Purpose

Serious games tap into the same culture of online friendship from social networking to fuel peer involvement and encourage collaboration around real-world challenges.

By William Brindley | Jul. 9, 2012
 

Microfinance

Mobile and Branchless Banking

Featuring Abhishek Sinha | Jun. 27, 2012