Technology & Social Impact Wiki
An evolving collection of interconnected ideas, exploring how digital infrastructure and open solutions can address fundamental challenges in food systems, community resilience, and public services across diverse contexts.
This knowledge base is created through human-AI collaborative authoring, combining domain expertise with AI assistance.
Knowledge Areas
Climate Action & Environmental Sustainability
Approaches and interventions that address climate change while preserving natural resources and ecological systems for current and future generations.
Development Principles
Core ethical frameworks, values, and normative guidelines that shape the goals and approaches of sustainable development efforts.
Methodological Approaches
Frameworks, processes, and tools for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating development initiatives to achieve intended outcomes.
Social Protection Systems
Comprehensive frameworks and interventions designed to protect people from poverty, vulnerability, and social exclusion throughout their lifecycle.
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
Agricultural and food production approaches that maintain ecosystem health while ensuring food security and nutrition for current and future generations.
Recently Updated
View allDynamic Social Registries for Adaptive Social Protection in the Sahel: Four Recommendations
Policy note advocating for dynamic social registries in the Sahel to improve adaptive social protection responsiveness to shocks and vulnerability.
ID Enabling Environment Assessment (IDEEA) Guidance Note
A guide reviewing legal frameworks for digital identity systems, aimed at strengthening identity systems and registries.
US Funding Freeze: Estimating the Impact on CVA Volumes in Humanitarian Response
This report estimates the potential impact of US funding cuts on cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in humanitarian aid.
Mind the Gap: Coverage, Adequacy and Financing Gaps in Social Protection for the Extreme Poor and the Poorest Quintile
Evaluates social protection gaps in EDEs, finding 2 billion uncovered/inadequately covered poor despite progress; highlights financing & targeting needs.
Scaling Up Social Assistance Where Data Is Scarce: Opportunities and limits of novel data and AI
Reviews how novel data (satellite, mobile) and AI enabled rapid emergency cash transfers in data-scarce countries, assessing potential and limits.
Social Protection for the Informal Economy: OPERATIONAL LESSONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND BEYOND
Analyzes social protection gaps for the informal economy's 'missed middle' in Africa and proposes operational steps for voluntary savings schemes.