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Trends to Watch in 2020 & Beyond
As far as decades go, this one has started off with a bang. Mainstreaming populism, climate emergency, a global pandemic and dramatic market response, rampant ...
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New Merger Guidelines Should Address the Dangers of Increased Dominance in Digital Markets
By David Dinielli, senior advisor to Omidyar Network and a former special counsel in the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division Imagine a world in ...
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Lessons Learned and Our Continued Pledge to Uncover the Impact of Social Media on our Democracy
By Sarah Drinkwater, Director, Beneficial Technology Two years ago, we announced our commitment to Social Science One as part of a funder collaborative, a first-of-its-kind ...
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Bringing Data Privacy and Protections to Nigeria’s ID Program and Digital Economy: Why We Invested in Paradigm Initiative
By Thea Anderson, Director, Omidyar Network The Nigerian government will issue 100 million unique National Identification Numbers (NIN) to citizens and legal residents–ages 16 and older–in the ...
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You’re Grounded. And We’re Taking Away the Keys to the Car
Omidyar Network shares its point of view on creating a fair and competitive technology ecosystem by restricting big tech power By Anamitra Deb and Gus ...
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d.light: A Proof Point for Impact Investing
By Isabelle Hau and Mike Kubzansky Mercy Ilahuya is a 14-year old Kenyan. He attends Magina Primary School in a rural part of the country ...
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Not Just a Job: New Evidence on the Quality of Work in the United States
While we are officially in the longest economic expansion in United States history and unemployment is at a decades-long low, we still have a strong ...
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Power in the Palm of Your Hand: How Asia Transforms Screen Time into Learning Opportunities
In most parts of Asia, smartphones are king. They’re the sole mode of communication for millions of Indonesians, connecting remote island dwellers to the outside ...
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Equitable EdTech: from the Top-Down How the US and Chile Power Equitable EdTech with Policy and the Purse
The Brookings Institute estimates that it will take 100 years for the world’s poor children to reach the same education levels as the wealthy at today’s pace. ...
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Move Beyond the Mirage: Embracing Deep Collaboration to Transform Outcomes
More than 800 million children and young people will lack the basic skills or qualifications needed for the modern workforce. Disruption is needed to address ...
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