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Expect no lines in front of the digital counters

Expect no lines in front of the digital counters

By Gina Martinez and Boris Rumenov Balabanov
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Jordanian venture uses technology to empower refugees

Jordanian venture uses technology to empower refugees

By Christine Petré
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The lessons of Carabayllo: Making tough choices in the fight against TB

The lessons of Carabayllo: Making tough choices in the fight against TB

By Carlos Ferreyra
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Solar panels: The light at the end of the tunnel for thousands of Latin Americans

Solar panels: The light at the end of the tunnel for thousands of Latin Americans

By Mary Stokes
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‘We love our daughters. But we need a son’

‘We love our daughters. But we need a son’

By Giorgia DeMarchi and Nora Dudwick
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Solving payments interoperability for universal financial access

Solving payments interoperability for universal financial access

By Massimo Cirasino
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A year in the lives of smallholder farmers

A year in the lives of smallholder farmers

By Jamie Anderson
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Why do Syrian refugees need smartphones? Here are 4 reasons

Why do Syrian refugees need smartphones? Here are 4 reasons

By Bassam Sebti
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Emergency response in the WhatsApp era

Emergency response in the WhatsApp era

By Deepak Malik
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Presenting the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant

Presenting the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant

By Mafalda Duarte
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Eyes in the sky show India’s night lights

Eyes in the sky show India’s night lights

By Kwawu Mensan Gaba and Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño
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4 charts on gender gaps we still need to close

4 charts on gender gaps we still need to close

By Tariq Khokhar and Hiroko Maeda
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Drones offer innovative mapping solution

Drones offer innovative mapping solution

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Digital revolution needs offline help to realize its potential

Digital revolution needs offline help to realize its potential

By Donna Barne
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Six stories show renewable energy underpins a climate-friendly future

Six stories show renewable energy underpins a climate-friendly future

By Andy Shuai Liu
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Year in Review: 2015 in 12 charts

Year in Review: 2015 in 12 charts

By Donna Barne and Tariq Khokhar
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Solar energy to bring jobs and prosperity back to parched villages

Solar energy to bring jobs and prosperity back to parched villages

By Amit Jain
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A sweet (potato) solution to malnutrition

A sweet (potato) solution to malnutrition

By Donna Barne
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Learning to code vs. coding to learn

Learning to code vs. coding to learn

By Michael Trucano
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We must prepare now for another major El Niño

We must prepare now for another major El Niño

By Axel van Trotsenburg
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From the ideal to the real: 20 lessons from scaling up innovations at the World Bank

From the ideal to the real: 20 lessons from scaling up innovations at the World Bank

By Soren Gigler
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Identification for development: Its potential for empowering women and girls

Identification for development: Its potential for empowering women and girls

By Lucia Hanmer and Mariana Dahan
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Celebrating entrepreneurship and agents of change in developing countries

Celebrating entrepreneurship and agents of change in developing countries

By Ganesh Rasagam
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#EndPoverty images tell a powerful story

#EndPoverty images tell a powerful story

By Donna Barne
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Energy access is a social justice issue

Energy access is a social justice issue

By Jim Yong Kim
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Crowdsourcing a map of the world

Crowdsourcing a map of the world

By Alanna Simpson
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In a community ravaged by Ebola, signs of hope and continuing need

In a community ravaged by Ebola, signs of hope and continuing need

By Melanie Mayhew
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Now, computers can tell how you’re feeling

Now, computers can tell how you’re feeling

By Roxanne Bauer
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What ‘The Martian’ teaches us about the value of a statistical life

What ‘The Martian’ teaches us about the value of a statistical life

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