Mission Measurement works with some of America's leading nonprofits, foundations, and corporations to help them prove that their work and money that is tasked with tacking social issues is making a difference.

Imagine a dozen thought leaders from the technology and development fields in the UN Foundation conference room, all expressing ideas and options on how to expand ICT's - in this case mobile phone coverage - in the developing world.

USAID’s new partnership with The Tech Museum of Innovation has drawn in over 40 additional submissions for the Museum’s signature program, The Tech Awards. The nominations were submitted from 17 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East.

The winners of the Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project were announced Wednesday, April 8.

The netexplorateur 100: Invent a new life through digital possibilities - "To reveal emerging innovations in the way Internet and digital media are used, the forum’s founders had the idea of a global selection of the most promising initiatives in digital culture, the Netexplorateur 100.

Jeff Skoll, the first president of eBay, has donated $100 million to start a new foundation to address urgent threats like water shortages, pandemics and the Middle East conflict.
The organization, the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund, will be led by Dr. Larry Brilliant, the iconoclastic public health expert and technology entrepreneur who until February headed up [...]

The Global Development Commons is hosting with the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at CSIS the event, Open Innovation for Government: Answering President Obama's Call for More Open, Effective Public Service.

With perfect timing, as Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web predicted in his highly popular TED talk that open data is the web's future, the World Bank last week released its new API.

In Ghana, people recognized that land is a vital component of ensuring rural livelihood but that the traditional land tenure system was rife with obstacles to achieving economic growth. In the system, land-owning authorities hold absolute title to the land, creating an obstacle for the kind of investments and economic activities that move a country forward.