Technology & Innovation

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Teacher helping student at computer

Building skills for life: How to expand and improve computer science education around the world

Emiliana Vegas, Michael Hansen, and Brian Fowler

Monday, October 25, 2021

Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram logos are displayed through broken glass in this illustration taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Will the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony spur new US digital regulation?

Tom Wheeler and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Set of cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin, Etherium, Ripple, Litecoin. Cryptocurrencys new digital money.

Why crypto matters

The Open Mind

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

People wait in line as Kentucky Labor Cabinet reopens 13 Regional Career Centers for in-person unemployment insurance services, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers

Annelies Goger and Fred Dews

Friday, July 30, 2021

An image of Israeli soldiers is seen on a computer screen with colourful markings of a face recognition programming script, during a cyber security training course, called a Hackathon, at iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation, at a high-tech park in Beersheba, southern Israel August 28, 2017. Picture taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1DE502FAB0

TechTank Podcast Episode 22: Protecting your online reputation

Darrell M. West and Quinta Jurecic

Monday, June 28, 2021

Semiconductor chip

What’s behind the semiconductor shortage and how long could it last?

Don Clark and David Dollar

Monday, May 24, 2021

People rest in front of a Huawei store at a shopping complex in Beijing, China April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China’s economic future

David Dollar and James Pethokoukis

Political Economy

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Children using internet at school

Advancing US economic competitiveness, equity, and sustainability through infrastructure investments

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, April 29, 2021