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Joining the Surveillance Society?

Recent digital inclusion policies that aim to increase digital literacy, promote civic engagement and more, do not address privacy needs.

Sep 30, 2013

Beyond the Buzz

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Beyond the Buzz

A look at the use of mobile phones to promote financial inclusion for youth in developing countries.

Sep 12, 2013

Elizabeth Carls, Julia Arnold

Beyond the Low-Wage Social Contract

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Beyond the Low-Wage Social Contract

By “low-wage social contract” we mean an economic system that not only assumes but also accepts that many jobs in the U.S. will pay poorly.

Sep 10, 2013

Michael Lind, Joshua Freedman

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Sep 10, 2013

Sheri Fink

Hope or Hype?

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Hope or Hype?

this paper examines whether mobile solutions offer the youth financial inclusion field immense hope, or just hype.

Sep 10, 2013

Julia Arnold, Jamie Zimmerman

Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

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Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

These findings offer a window into the experiences of venture capital investors and startup executives/managers with patents and assertions.

Sep 5, 2013

Colleen Chien

Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

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Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

This brief outlines the barriers and highlights the policy levers that could be tapped to promote financial inclusion amongst youth.

Sep 1, 2013

Vinay Rao, Elizabeth Carls, Lex Nowak, Julia Arnold

Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

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Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

This report presents first-year findings from a multiyear study on account uptake and saving patterns and performance in youth savings accou

Aug 23, 2013

Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

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Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

Mobile phones are raising pressing privacy and security issues that must be addressed by development practitioners and funders.

Aug 22, 2013

Hibah Hussain

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

A journalistic tour de force, The Smartest Kids in the World is a book about building resilience in a new world.

Aug 13, 2013

Amanda Ripley

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

A Model for Associational Party Building

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Ten Lives

Amy J. Nelson’s The Arms Control Paradox

Community Colleges as Cultivators of Civic Life

Assembling in the Age of AI

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Joining the Surveillance Society?

Beyond the Buzz

Beyond the Low-Wage Social Contract

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Hope or Hype?

Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way