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Innovating humanitarian response for refugees
We talk to the makers of KwikSense, a plug & play sensor platform that provides real-time temperature data of refugee enclosures.
Everything tagged “Improving Operations”
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2017 prediction: Big data meets thick data
What does 2017 have in store for data and development? Nesta associate Giulio Quaggiotto discusses as part of Bond’s 2017 prediction series.
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From troublemakers to transformation leads
Benjamin Kumpf talks about the UNDP innovation champion programmes that are helping to create a new normal in the way that they work.
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Mapping it out: facilitation tools for data projects
The UN Global Pulse team in Jakarta introduce a set of four facilitation tools they have developed to help structure thinking about data projects.
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Organising for innovation: welcome to the Bubble!
How Action Against Hunger’s operations unit has been experimenting with self-organsation to improve the way it works.
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The era of international development mutants
What can traditional development organisations learn from a rising set of new players at the cutting edge of the sector?
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Unlocking innovation: hamster wheels and fly wheels
James Whitehead, Global Innovation Adviser at Oxfam GB, discusses how we can create the time and space for innovation in international NGOs.
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Development 2016: the year the back-office takes centre stage
Giulio Quaggiotto of Nesta makes the case that this year back-office functions will take centre stage in international development organisations across the world.
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How ‘designing with the end user’ can undermine ICT4D best practice
In this article Ken Banks, Ashoka fellow and development ICT specialist, argues for going beyond just designing with users by enabling local communities to design for themselves.
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Home-grown innovation at World Food Programme
Food security analyst Jean-Martin Bauer describes how WFP has improved the way it monitors food security in remote areas by introducing mobile phone surveys,