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Open Economies, Open Societies, Open Governments: A Collaborative Approach To Community Development

On June 10, 2013, one week before world leaders gather for the G8 Summit in London, Ashoka will join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Foundation, Mashable, and the 92nd Street Y to launch G-Everyone, a day of dialogue that invites...

What Tech Can Do For Your Health And Your Government

How can technology make your government more open? “At its purest, technology can sponsor transparency and empower citizens,” said Emma Jane Cross, the founder BeatBullying and the online community powerhouse The BB Group. “It can fight corruption, strengthen governance, encourage democracy, and...

Is Optimism Revolutionary? Don't Miss June 17 PBS Broadcast of Revolutionary Optimists To Find Out Why Ashoka Fellow Amlan Ganguly Thinks So

More than 1 billion people (1 in 6 of us) live in an urban slum and this number is expected to double by the year 2030. That is enough to make anyone pessimistic. For one Ashoka Fellow, however, the future is in our hands—we control our own fates. “ Make the surroundings your product,” Amlan Ganguly...

Meeting Rural Access Challenges with Business Solutions

Daniel Canning is Vice President, U.S. Money Transfer at Western Union Financial Services. In 2011 he traveled to India to work with Drishtee, an organization founded by Ashoka Fellow Satyan Mishra that provides essential services to rural villages via locally run franchisee kiosks. By expanding its...