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At GOGLA we have been working with industry leaders for several years to address product quality and e-waste challenges.
Analysis: How Can We Address the E-Waste Challenge and Promote a Sustainable Off-Grid Solar Industry?Blog Post
In recent months, there has been an outpouring of media coverage and analysis on the topic of digital public infrastructure (DPI). David Porteous, Priya Vora, Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi and Peter Rabley explore the ongoing efforts to develop a shared understanding of what DPI means, and how it can impact global digital development. They urge DPI stakeholders to look beyond narrow, government-centered use cases and existing digital systems to envision next-generation applications based on public and private sector collaboration.
Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure: What it Means — and Why it Matters — to Businesses and Governments in Emerging MarketsBlog Post
Language and cultural barriers often create a “listening divide” between the providers and beneficiaries of global development programs. According to Daryl Collins and Pravarakya Reddy Battula at Decodis, these barriers make it difficult to develop effective anti-poverty solutions — and artificial intelligence (AI) can play a key role in addressing them. They discuss how Decodis is using AI technology to facilitate survey data collection and analysis in its poverty alleviation research, and highlight the role human intelligence must still play in guiding these efforts.
Using AI to Transform Impact Measurement: Overcoming Language Barriers in Global Development ResearchNews
Google’s new research centre is a positive response to the expectations of the World Food Programme (WFP).
Google to Launch a Centre for Climate-Smart AgricultureNews
The programme is expected to help stimulate the development of agribusiness and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as finance efforts to mainstream gender and climate action initiatives into economic development.
Press Release: African Development Fund Approves $20 Million to Improve Business Environment and Drive Investments to Climate-Smart Agriculture in MozambiqueNews
With millions of people on the brink of famine, DFC remains committed to expanding access to food today and helping to protect against future food crises.
Press Release: DFC Invests More Than $1 Billion in Global Food Security, Announces Intent to Double its InvestmentsNews
What you need to know about what's coming up at Climate Week in New York next week (if you can attend in person, or not).
Analysis: Heading to Climate Week? Here’s a Cheat SheetBlog Post
Yesterday, NextBillion launched the latest phase of our ongoing site redesign. Since this redesign represents one of the most significant shifts of the site’s features and functionality in our almost 20-year history, we wanted to explain the thinking behind these changes, and explore how our new design reflects both NextBillion’s ongoing evolution, and the evolution of the broader “impact media” space.
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Exploring NextBillion’s New Features and Updated Design, As We Approach Our Third Decade Online
