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Brookings Blum Roundtable Post-Conference Report: Disrupting Development with Digital Technologies

Research Report February 17, 2016

The Brookings Blum Roundtable convened policymakers, development practitioners, and leaders from industry and academia to examine how digital technologies might disrupt global development in money, connectivity, and knowledge.

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Impact, Investment And Demand: Three Pillars For Civic Tech Success

Article February 8, 2016

Omidyar Network’s Stacy Donohue looks at three key trends for civic tech success in 2016.

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From the Blog

Nonprofits Can Be Lean Startups Too

In Financial Inclusion February 16, 2016

David Porteous explains how starting Digital Frontiers Institute like a lean startup has helped the organization to go from concept to operation in record time.

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SPOTLIGHT

What
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OUR TAKE

The Digital Revolution and its Impact on Emerging Market Consumers

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DISCUSSION

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A WORLD OF POSITIVE RETURNS

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IMPACT
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Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm. We create opportunity for people to improve their lives by investing in market-based efforts that catalyze economic and social change.