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GSNs at Work—Connected Development (CODE) Update

May 31, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity

This is the first in a series of updates on GSNs that we have featured on the Employment and Prosperity Hub. CODE is a non-government organization [NGO] whose mission is to improve access to information and empower local communities in Africa. The following interview...

The Internet of Things Gets a Ledger

Apr 6, 2016 | Blog

A Ledger of Things will be able to handle a mind-boggling volume of data being transmitted. In the next decade, there will be tens of billions of connected devices—from thermostats and cell phones to parking meters and cars. Increasingly, these connected devices that...

Data: The Key to Ending Extreme Poverty?

Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Governance Networks

Brendan Guy, Global Policy Fellow, Natural Resources Defense Council Stakeholders from governments, businesses, and civil society actors convened in Addis Ababa on July 15, 2015, to pledge funds, establish programs for the sharing of data sets, and develop technical...

GSNs at Work—Avaaz: Elephants to Asylum, Oceans to Oak Flat

Jul 27, 2015 | At Work, Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security

Joan Bigham, Executive Director, Global Solution Networks. Several times a week subscribers to the Avaaz email newsletter can see the organization in action. From the decimation of African elephants to the immigration disaster unfolding in slow motion in the...