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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. as well as the national governments of much of the developed world, robustly practices variants of high-capacity governmental social innovation today, such as the myriad programs countering the global Great Recession. As always, we welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions!

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

The Rohingya crisis continued unabated, increasing the number of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people in Bangladesh and surrounding countries. Non-DAC government donors and multilateral organizations contributed an additional $2.8 billion. . The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed $3.2

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Benetech Analyzes Key Bangladeshi Human Rights Data

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my recent blog postings, I documented personal impressions during my recent trip to Bangladesh. Silva's analysis presented in the report, " Judge, Jury, and Death: Torture and Executions by Bangladesh's Elite Security Force." This post takes a look at how Benetech is helping to document human rights abuses in that country.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This Biometric data to enable government benefit transfers. Thanks to Aadhaar , they can now receive direct government benefits such as pensions and subsidized kerosene. 1,171,000,000.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Blockchain Explained: Risks And Opportunities For Philanthropy

Global Giving

What if societies could use a shared public record of election results to confirm that an election was carried out fairly instead of having to trust an opaque government-run commission? This is particularly critical when these services are developed and tested on people who are already facing major risks, like Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

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Tech@State – Civil Society 2.0: Reflections on Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room – who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government agencies, and free agents – and answer the question, “ I’ve found my free agent now what? &#. Fortunately, that’s not true for every agency Mark has collaborated with.