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For over a hundred years, data has helped The Rockefeller Foundation diagnose root causes to problems and surface solutions that improve lives. Data drove the development of Public Health, Social …

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most effective ways of combatting poverty and inequality in the United States. The EITC supplements the earnings of low-income workers, …

Digital goods — a video, a song, a book, a network configuration, etc. —  can be duplicated an unlimited number of times at near-zero marginal cost. This is what economists …

  Despite their exclusion from mainstream conferences and gatherings, artificial intelligence and machine learning communities in Africa are growing and focusing on some of the continent’s most pressing issues. In August 2019, …

Around the world, wherever governments have received rising numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, policymakers have wrestled with how to successfully integrate newcomers into host societies. There’s …

Benefits Data Trust uses technology to cut through the red tape to make it easier for people to determine benefits eligibility and then apply.

Last month's events around the United Nations General Assembly in New York were a thrilling demonstration of cross-sector and grassroots momentum to solve some of the world’s most intractable problems. …

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) technology is transforming the way humans interact and society operates. As the development of AI accelerates, many of us see the need for a movement that ensures …

This week, as world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly to advance health for all, I can’t help but reflect on how far we’ve come, and how much …