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Restoring Public Trust to Build a Better Economic Future

How can we work towards building an economy that works for everyone? Joelle Gamble shares insights on restoring public trust, key structural changes, and economic policy.

What Happens When a Community Commits to Strengthen ID Systems Around the World? Why We Invested in the #GoodID Movement

At Omidyar Network, we are humbled to be part of such a committed movement. Abiah Weaver shares insights on why we invested in the #GoodID Movement.

Why We Invested: Gallup's Job Quality Survey

While unemployment rates are at a

This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children

EdSurge continues their series on ECE Voices by exploring Louisiana’s CLASS observation system—a quality rating system focused solely on teacher observation. Learn how it works and what teachers really think of it.

New Benchmark Initiative to Explore the Ethical Application of Location Data

The new Geovation Benchmark Initiative will link the geospatial community with businesses, public bodies, researchers, media, and the public to promote a better, wider understanding of the power and influence of location data.

Omidyar Network Joins in the Launch of an Anti-Monopoly Fund

Omidyar Network invests in a $10 million Anti-Monopoly Fund, led by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, to support academic research, policy advocates, and grassroots groups working on antitrust matters.

Using Self-Reported Data for Impact Measurement

Omidyar Network partnered with the Impact Measurement Project to develop a critical first step in helping to design and implement surveys that can provide meaningful data across five dimensions of impact.

What Did We Learn From Listening to 4,800+ Customers in Omidyar Network’s Education Portfolio?

Exploration & Future Sensing: Trends to Watch in 2019 & Beyond

In Trends to Watch in 2019 & Beyond, Omidyar Network partners with the Future Hunters to share some of the most interesting — and coincidentally self-contradictory — trends we’re seeing, which we deemed “trends to watch” this year.