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Armed With Data, Fighting More Than Crime

Tina Rosenberg

May 02, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

CitiStat has show great success in cities like Baltimore, where it has improved city services' efficiency (removing snow, fixing potholes, etc.). Many cities use Stat programs, but Baltimore has been a particular case of success. Looking at how it implemented its CitiStat program holds lessons for other cities.

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Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look So Different From Ours

Sarah Goodyear

April 25, 2012 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

When Amsterdam and the Netherlands were facing an urban dilemma between building bicycle or automobile friendly streets, citizens organized to promote the prioritization of cyclist safety above all else. This public outcry and strategy lead to these cities becoming a model for livable streets.

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Innovation for the People, by the People

David Bornstein

February 22, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

In a vast country like the United States in a world of lightning-fast change, it no longer makes sense to presume that governments possess, or even understand, the best ways to address pressing needs and promote “the happiness of the people.” The White House strategy of offering prizes to the public for their solutions to critical problems is working.

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Innovations in Light

Tina Rosenberg

February 02, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

Solar lighting will revolutionize Africa - but access infrastructure is a difficult thing to build. Three different, innovative business models get lights into the hands of the people who need them most.

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To Maintain Water Pumps, It Takes More Than a Village

Tina Rosenberg

December 13, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

Water pumps often break and no one locally has the skill or parts to fix them. Two columns on Water Aid’s program in India to train women to be handpump mechanics.

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Outsourcing Is Not (Always) Evil

David Bornstein

December 08, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The United States can outsource certain kinds of "microwork," such as accurately digitizing large swaths of information, to developing countries without taking jobs from Americans ― if it’s done carefully, and ethically, as some organizations are working to do. As the author Robert Wright has argued, we no longer live in a zero-sum world, where one person’s, or one country’s gain, must be another’s loss.

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Working in the Himalayas to Prevent Disastrous Flooding

Amy Yee

November 27, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bhutan, Thorthormi Lake

Countries impacted by climate change are working to mitigate the effects, but more help is needed. Every year Bhutanese citizens dig a channel to lower the water level of Thorthormi, a huge glacial lake that posing a risk of flooding downstream. But Thorthormi is just one rapidly expanding lake among many. Another 82 are deemed growing risks in Bhutan alone.

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Soil Renewal Puts Pakistan's Poor on Stronger Ground

Amy Yee

November 16, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Pakistan, Sharbaga, Punjab

Thanks to a partnership between the United Nations Development Program and the government of Punjab, the state is seeing a reduction in poverty and a regeneration of agriculture. Since implementation, farmers incomes have doubled or tripled after treating the land with gypsum, a biosaline that neutralizes saline soil.

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Workers of the World, Employed

David Bornstein

November 03, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Cambodia

Companies who outsource often fuel the race to the bottom for global workers' standards. Two companies, Digital Divide Data and Samasource, offer a model for outsourcing which is profitable and also prioritizes social impact.

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How to Feed the Hungry, Faster

Tina Rosenberg

November 01, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Ethiopia

America is the world’s main supplier of food aid to impoverished countries; however, food aid has the problems of long-distance transportation, the cost of the transportation and storage, and the navigation through dangerous zones. Different programs around the world are experimenting with alternative forms of aid, including vouchers and cash for work.

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