innov-aid

Oxfam published a report reviewing 13 of its in-house innovative initiatives and dissected those factors promising success, impact at scale, systemitic change, access to new funding as well as partnerships. Abstract: In this...

Oxfam, UNICEF and local partner Hijra developed a mobile phone based health promotion project in Somalia to support Polio prevention and control which began in November 2013. The project was implemented with two complementary...

For the launch of its Global Innovation Centre and Innovation Fund (learn more here), UNICEF published a catalogue of the innovations that country offices, innovation labs and partners are working on, including U-Report, EduTrack...

Link: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/11/12-enabling-humanitari… Authors: Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Jake Kendall and Cameron F. Kerry Institution: Brookings Date: November 2014 The prevalence...

A new UN Global Pulse study in collaboration with WFP, Universite Catholique de Louvan and Real Impact Analytics identifies airtime credit purchases (i.e. phone credit "topups") as realtime proxy indicatrors for food spending in...

A new working paper by the Center for Global Development reviews the feasibility of using mobile phones for surveys in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Findings include that surveys on mobile phones work well for...

The Conference theme of “Technology for the Benefit of Humanity” is presented in eight focus areas: Energy—Electrification, renewable energy technologies, energy and power infrastructures, off-grid power, lighting, cooking...

This Oxford Refugee Centre working paper zooms in on the rise of humanitarian innovation spaces, such as innovation labs and hubs. It recognizes that the complex bureaucratic structure of the UN is often seen as a barrier to...