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Every day since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second term has brought unprecedented announcements with dramatic consequences all over the world. It is still impossible at this stage to fully grasp the impact of the...
As artificial intelligence technologies rapidly advance globally, African governments are beginning to develop national AI strategies and policies. However, they face crucial decisions about how to govern artificial intelligence...
Women’s health continues to be under-represented and poorly measured in global health frameworks.
Current measurement frameworks, such as the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), fail to capture the full complexity...
The rapid proliferation of generative AI foundational large language models has become a double-edged sword, with expansive capabilities on one hand and profound ethical, social, and environmental challenges on the other.
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The promise of technology as a vehicle for African economic development often comes wrapped in the values and norms of the Global North. Western-designed software, pervasive across the Continent, reflects ideologies that...
Jaco Renken and Richard Heeks recently published “Data Justice for Development: What Would It Mean?” to examine the intersection of datafication and social justice within the context of international development.
They...
A few years ago, MIT, Georgetown, and the GSMA proved that mobile money can lift women out of poverty. Then we learned that mobile broadband Internet access reduces poverty in rural Tanzania and increases household income...
Digital transformation is often hailed as a game-changer for efficiency and innovation in both public and private sectors. However, in many developing countries, it risks exacerbating inequality. Vulnerable communities,...
The end of USAID is causing widespread unemployment around the world. At least 50,000 people lost their jobs already and 100,000 could lose their jobs soon. This is an extinction level event for international development.
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USAID is dying a slow death. Not everyone has fully realized this yet, but its the sad truth. When USA foreign assistance returns – and I believe it will – it will be 20% of its size on January 19th, and every...
