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What Can We Learn From Randomized Control Trials of OLPC Peru
In 2007, Peru announced it would distribute tens of thousands of XO laptops from One Laptop Per Child to children in rural schools across the country, and expanded the program…
How to improve transparency, accountability and governance with new technologies
Civil society has been working for years on participation, transparency, accountability and governance issues. Plenty of newer initiatives (small and large) look at new technologies as a core tool…
Mobile Money is Better than Cash at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Open your wallet right now. Most likely, you have a debit card, a credit card, a health insurance card, and access to the massive financial infrastructure that these three…