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More about Togo's pioneering Novissi program here:
Launched weeks after the pandemic was declared, "it combines geospatial analytics, mobile phone metadata, and machine learning to prioritize assistance for its poorest citizens."
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"We are proud to do something for our country & to do it on our own," Togo's says at #DevexWorld of a precision cash-transfer program that works immediately & uses machine learning.
It was built locally, in Togo, showing the power of #localsolutions
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🔊 EGC Voices in Development #Podcast
Episode 1 features Prof. Leonard Wantchekon of University on founding the African School of Economics: egc.yale.edu/voices-in-deve
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COVID-19 raised the stakes for the global health community to fix oxygen delivery products that had been written off as unrepairable, revisit innovations that couldn’t scale, and develop new ways to address oxygen needs in low-resource settings.
“Newsrooms that cannot find a way to treat problem-solving and knowledge transfer as a basic part of the news mix will, I think, become less and less valuable over time.” - , in a powerful talk with insights from
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> makes a $1 BILLION donation to set up a climate-studies school at Stanford,
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One of the largest gifts to a higher education instutition ever.
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Currently reading: Suck it up, revisited by link.medium.com/U8X3XXForpb (Super interested to follow this space. More on Frontier coming up in next week.)
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If you're wearied by the toxicity and nastiness of Twitter, the antonym of "toxicity" is "Solutions Journalism." Some good, constructive newsletters here.
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You know, with all this Twitter drama, seems like a good time to remind you we have newsletters ....
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“If community members come up with the rules, they’re more likely to follow them.”
Rare's Rocky Sanchez Tirona spoke with of about how strategies for #behavioradoption underpin our community-led approach to ocean conservation.
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Historically, agriculture & food systems have been deemed as too risky for private sector capital. That is beginning to change. But most investments are still benefiting affluent vs. poor farmers & consumers. - discussed what she's doing about that at #DevexDish event
.'s digitalization strategy has broadened from a focus on ICT to areas including digital skills development, e-commerce, digital identification, and cybersecurity. The Spring Meetings provided a window into that work:
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"Bankman-Fried is a thought experiment from a college philosophy seminar come to life." Fascinating profile of . A must-read for anyone trying to understand how effective altruism is becoming "a force in philanthropy." bloomberg.com/news/features/ via
How to protect, and why to prioritize, coastal waters? 's dives into the community-led approach of our #FishForever program, which pairs protection with sustainable use of coastal, territorial waters. #SDG14 #VibrantOceans
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Neil Buddy Shah, managing director at , joins as CEO in a “signal that effective giving is contributing to more corners of the global health landscape than ever before.” devex.com/news/neil-budd via
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Advance Market Commitments worked to accelerate life-saving vaccines in low-income countries.
Now Stripe just launched a ~$1b AMC to fight climate change
1 more great example of putting social science to work for society. Read more on AMCs below👇 twitter.com/i/status/15138
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In crisis response, "It’s important to think of human-centered design less as a linear, sequential set of steps, and more as a way of working anchored around two core ideas." More here from : devex.com/news/how-organ via
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🚨APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN for the ‘Complicating the Narratives ‘ Fellowship -- a cohort opportunity that invites U.S journalists to dig beneath divisions and ask: what are the great solutions stories to be done in times of intense conflict? (1/):
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🚨 Amazing job alert! 🚨
seeks an Engagement Editor to develop & implement our social media strategy to create engagement opportunities around our reporting. This is a fully remote job that can be based anywhere worldwide.
Got q's? DM me!
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"The least we can do is make sure that there is co-creation, co-design; that the people we claim to be serving are centrally driving the decisions being made about how assistance can be spent" - at the #SkollWF
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Further clarification (thanks ) from the release: “SpaceX donated 3,667 terminals and the internet service itself, and USAID purchased the additional 1,333 terminals.” So the whole donation is valued at $10 million.
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Congratulations to a truly awe inspiring group of organizations driving change in this world!
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Congratulations to the 2022 #SkollAward winners for Social Innovation! These 6 orgs are committed to transformational social change & solutions to the 
's most pressing problems. Get to know them at this week's Skoll World Forum. Registration ends today: skoll.wf/attend2022
's most pressing problems. Get to know them at this week's Skoll World Forum. Registration ends today: skoll.wf/attend2022
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Drones can strengthen delivery of health supplies, a new study finds devex.com/news/drones-ca (Thanks to for the conversation and to for a helpful event outlining the results).
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A substantive overview of how we work, and iterate our work, with insights from our India programming. Thank you !
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“Development is rife with good intentions, but we have to ensure all the work we’re doing is yielding the hoped-for results," IDinsight Director shares details about IDinsight's Dignity initiative with 's .
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Huge #journalismjobs opportunity: is hiring a global director!
They need "a thoughtful, engaging leader with a global perspective, passion for service and depth of experience collaborating across borders."
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Satellite internet like Elon Musk's Starlink is a compelling option for keeping Ukrainians connected — but it comes with risks: "...transmissions could be hacked, and that means users could become targets for airstrikes."
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We at @Yale_EDM are proud to announce the launch of our new partnership with on Data Responsibility.
Here’s a thread that explains the project, its importance + how you can get involved 🧵⬇️
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“The responsible use of data is core to the work IOM in over 100 countries around the world.”
IOM and @HRL_YaleSPH @YaleSPH are working together to launch an initiative that will identify and advance best practices in data responsibility.
bit.ly/3IQvsLg
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Join us Wednesday (3/16) for a conversation about how newsrooms leverage solutions journalism to attract revenue (I've got lots to learn in this area). With
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"There are very few channels beyond traditional aid agencies where individuals can send money to affected people, and there is a need for more innovative options for them to do so." is filling this “digital compassion space." cgdev.org/blog/people-ar via
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Ahead of #8M Intl Women's Day, here is a thread I have had in my head for the last 6 yrs about being a mother working a job that is mostly held by single or childless people.
Let it be known to women & men who fear it: Motherhood is not a weakness. It is a superpower 🧵
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Don't forget! Join @tirosenberg, @dnbornstein, and @sree for a conversation about healthier news.
Watch live on our socials, website, or YouTube and drop them a question starting at 12 PM EST this Thursday ->
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"The capabilities of Silicon Valley – such as state-of-the-art technology – can be married to the humanitarian values of Geneva, but this collaboration must be intentional from both sides and include sustained mutual dialogue and education."
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⚡️Ukraine’s Zelensky posts a new video of himself and his team outside the presidential administration in Kyiv’s government quarter after rumors in Russian media that he’d fled. “We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine.”
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When I asked to write this obit I knew it would shed light on Dr Paul Farmer’s legacy, but I wasn’t expecting it to give me goosebumps. He put the idea of decolonizing global health into practice before it became a buzzword, and inspired so many others. Do read.
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