Global Assets Project

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Why Texting Is the Most Important Information Service in the World

Jamie Holmes details the remarkably varied uses of SMS across the developing world
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Announcing the Initiative on Global Savings and Social Protection Linkages

GAP is pleased to launch the Global Savings and Social Protection Initiative to advance knowledge on savings opportunities for the world's poorest.
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Emergency Aid's Emerging Technologies

Vishnu Sridharan discusses how technological advances have directly empowered disaster-struck populations.
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Interview with Peru’s first Minister of Social Inclusion Carolina Trivelli

YouthSave adviser Carolina Trivelli outlines her country's plans to link public benefit programs in Peru to advancement opportunities and financial inclusion.
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Interview with Bill and Melinda Gates

Charles Kenny's interview with the philanthropists on innovation, development, savings, and behavioral change.
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Articles and Op-Eds

How Technology Helped Spur a Quiet Revolution in Emergency Aid
October 24 | CNN.com
Vishnu Sridharan
Got Cheap Milk?
September 19 | Foreign Policy
Charles Kenny
Red Dawn
September 06 | Foreign Policy
Charles Kenny
Cloudy with a Chance of Insurgency
August 29 | Foreign Policy
Charles Kenny
How to Learn Self-Control
August 28 | The Daily Beast
Jamie Holmes
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Events

Transforming Intentions into Behaviors
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 12:30pm | Washington
The Case for Youth Savings
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 3:30pm | Washington
Savings & CCTs: The Next Generation of Anti-Poverty Programs?
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 12:00pm | Washington
Can Technology Save Foreign Aid?
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 4:00pm | Washington
Pre-Colloquium Meet and Greet Reception
Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 5:00pm | New York
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Bill Gates Recommends Charles Kenny's New Book “Getting Better”

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"There is a book about improving poor countries called "Getting Better" by Charles Kenny... it's a fantastic way of looking at what has happened over the last 50 years, and really takes the debate about aid is totally good, aid is totally a waste and explains why its worked in some cases and how we can be smart about it." - Bill Gates (May 2nd, 2011, Fox Business, around 4:10 on video)

Global Assets Project Staff

Jamie Holmes
Jamie Holmes
Policy Analyst, Global Assets Project

Jamie Holmes is a Policy Analyst with the Global Assets Project. Before...

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Andy Hull
Web Developer and Data Wrangler, Global Assets Project

Andy Hull is a Web Developer in the Global Assets Project where he provides...

Payal Pathak
Payal Pathak
Program Associate, Global Assets Project

Payal Pathak is a Program Associate with the Global Assets Project (GAP) at...

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Anjana Ravi
Research Associate, Global Assets Project

Anjana Ravi is a research associate for the Global Assets Project at the New...

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Vishnu Sridharan
Program Associate, Global Asset Project

Vishnu Sridharan is a program associate with the Global Assets Project....

Nicole Tosh
Nicole Tosh
Research Associate, Global Assets Project; Staff Assistant

Nicole Tosh is a Research Associate in the Global Assets Project where she...

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Eric Tyler
Program Associate, Global Assets Project

As a program associate for the Global Assets Project, Eric Tyler provides...

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Jamie M. Zimmerman
Director, Global Assets Project, Asset Building Program

Jamie M. Zimmerman is Director of the Global Assets Project at the New...

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