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New working paper on digital inclusion is out
Our latest paper looks at which digital tools genuinely reach rural and peri-urban communities.
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Digital innovation for change
Digital innovation aimed squarely at social change, not technology for its own sake.
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DISC asks what digital tools can do for social change when they are designed with communities rather than imposed on them. It treats technology as a means — measured by the lives it improves, not the novelty it shows.
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Digital innovation for change
Digital innovation aimed squarely at social change, not technology for its own sake.
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Working paper
June 2025 · K. Mensah
Digital Tools and Rural Inclusion: What Actually Works
Field evidence on which digital interventions reach the most vulnerable rural households — and which quietly leave them behind.
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