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President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio halted all US government foreign assistance spending on Friday, precipitating a humanitarian aid disaster. Starting on Tuesday, we will see Trump stopping all US government domestic...

The global humanitarian system has been jolted by a sudden and drastic move: the US Secretary of State has frozen virtually all foreign aid and ordered a review of every program, based on the new Administration’s executive...

We know that students receiving one-on-one tutoring outperform peers who only have traditional classroom instruction. However, individualized learning programs are cost-prohibitive in most low- and middle-income countries....

Digital authoritarianism is primarily enacted by authoritarian regimes seeking to maintain and strengthen their political control. Digital authoritarianism is also known as techno-authoritarianism, is the way governments...

Yesterday started the Trump 2.0 Administration in the USA and the new President has signed a slew of Executive Orders. These generally govern the processes of the Executive branch of government, which includes USAID. USAID...

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I started ICTworks sixteen (16!) years ago to engage international development leaders to use ICT4D in their programs. This humble website is now the blog of record for a global digital development community and we’ve...

At a recent Technology Salon on USAID under Trump 2.0, one of the participants put forth an interesting question for us to consider: Could digital public infrastructure be a reason for Trump 2.0 to fully fund USAID? Sign...

Civil society groups are using mobile phones to document human rights abuses around the world. Then they use social media and online messaging to advocate for more just societies. Artificial intelligence can supercharge...