Big Data Opportunities for MERL Tech Solutions
Big data is a big topic in other sectors but its application within monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is limited, with most reports focusing more on its potential...
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How Can We Use Emerging Data Technologies for MERL Tech?
A new wave of technologies and approaches has the potential to influence how monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) practitioners do their work....
How Digital Identity is Expanding with COVID-19 Digital Response
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8 Lessons Learned Making Digital Finance Work for Women in MENA
Despite progress over the past few years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region still has the largest gender gap in terms of women’s economic participation...
Mainstreaming Digital Development. Why It’s No Longer a Choice
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OpenLMIS is Seeking the Next Chapter in Open Source Sustainability
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Improving Tuberculosis Care with Behavior Change Technology
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WhatsApp is Not Email. Do Not Manage Your Business With Messages
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Meaningful Connectivity: A New Standard for Internet Access
The Covid-19 pandemic has galvanised the case for universal internet access like never before, generating widespread agreement that the internet is too important...
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