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On Technology and Building Resilient Societies to Mitigate the Impact of...
I recently caught up with a colleague at the World Bank and learned that “resilience” is set to be the new “buzz word” in the international development community. I think this is very good news. Yes,...
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Google Inc + World Bank = Empowering Citizen Cartographers?
World Bank Managing Director Caroline Anstey recently announced a new partnership with Google that will apparently empower citizen cartographers in 150 countries worldwide. This has provoked some...
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How to Crowdsource Better Governance in Authoritarian States
I was recently asked to review this World Bank publication entitled: “The Role of Crowdsourcing for Better Governance in Fragile States Contexts.” I had been looking for just this type of research on...
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What United Airlines can Teach the World Bank about Mobile Accountability
Flight delays can sometimes lead to interesting discoveries. As my flight to DC was delayed for a third frustrating hour, I picked up the United Airlines in-flight magazine and saw this: United just...
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Opening World Bank Data with QCRI’s GeoTagger
My colleagues and I at QCRI partnered with the World Bank several months ago to develop an automated GeoTagger platform to increase the transparency and accountability of international development...
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