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Building Inclusive Digital Economies

Annabel Schiff works on filling skills gaps necessary for the future of work, with partners like the Mastercard Foundation

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David Taverner works on space for development with clients like UK Space Agency.

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Niamh Barry works on impact measurement with clients like Mastercard Foundation.

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Stephen Deng works on funding early stage fintechs with clients like Gates Foundation.

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Jonathan Donner works on platform economies with clients like Mastercard Foundation.

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We’re working to create a more just, inclusive and ethical digital world. In partnership with governments, foundations and companies across geographies and sectors we are shaping the future of digital finance, the future of work, skills development, identity, data, policy and more. Find out more about our team of global experts who are working toward equitable and sustainable outcomes in the age of digital development.

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Women’s platform livelihoods: Balancing the opportunity with the myth of flexibility

There’s tension behind the flexibility of online work that platforms and policy makers need to recognize.

Grace Natabaalo
Feb 19

Platform livelihoods of young people in Africa: “The hustle is real”

For many, the hustle is also key to surviving and thriving across digital platforms.

Grace Natabaalo
Feb 19

A platform of their own: Our experience running a participatory video storytelling project

A methodology, including successes, challenges & tips, for putting people at the center of their own story.

Grace Natabaalo
Feb 19

Female livelihoods in the gig economy: Tensions and opportunities

Tensions, actions and the way forward on women and platform work, especially in emerging economies.

Savita Bailur
Jan 06


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Micro-entrepreneurs in a Platform Era

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Space Solutions for Development

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DFS use among digital Kenyans

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Meet Our Advisors

 
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Abi Birrell

Abi is the Events and Communications Lead for the Mastercard Foundatio...

Alina Kaiser

Alina is the Content Strategist and Digital Media Strategist for Carib...

Annabel Schiff

Annabel is co-Director of the Mastercard Foundation Learning Partnersh...

Bryan Pon

Bryan has been with Caribou Digital since 2014, leading research on te...

Chris Locke

Chris is the Founder of Caribou Digital. Previously, Chris was the Man...

Dan Kleinbaum

Dan is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the DFS Lab, where he supports...

David Taverner

David is a Senior Director at Caribou Space and was a co-founder of th...

Elise Montano

Elise is a Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at Ca...

Emrys Schoemaker

Emrys Schoemaker is a researcher and strategist interested in the inte...

Grace Natabaalo

Grace is Caribou Digital’s research lead. She conducts research, cre...

Hélène Smertnik

Hélène is a senior user researcher at Caribou Digital, with 8 years ...

Jake Kendall

Jake is partner at DFS Lab, an accelerator for high-potential entrepre...

Jessica Osborn

Jessica jointly leads Caribou’s Live Learning programme, which provi...

Jo Tofts

Jo is the Finance Manager and looks after all the company’s invoicin...

Jonathan Donner

Jonathan is Senior Director, Research at Caribou Digital. For two d...

Marissa Dean

Marissa leads Caribou Digital Investments and contributes to the Maste...

Niamh Barry

Niamh is a Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at Caribou ...

Nicki McGoh

Nicki is a Director, working across Caribou Digital and Caribou Space....

Savita Bailur

Savita is a Research Director at Caribou Digital. She has worked with ...

Stephen Deng

Stephen is a partner at DFS Lab and leads its investment initiatives i...

Tim Hayward

Tim is a Senior Director at Caribou Digital with a focus on delivery a...

Will Croft

Previously he was a Senior Director at GSMA, where he established the ...

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Featured Advisor: Savita Bailur

Research Director at Caribou Digital

Savita is a Research Director at Caribou Digital. She has worked with clients including Omidyar Network, the World Bank and UNICEF while at Caribou. She has around fifteen years of experience on user research in digital development, ranging from gender and access to mobile technology to the identification of marginalized/vulnerable populations in a digital age. She speaks fluent Hindi and Spanish and conversational French, has lived in India and Honduras and has worked in countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America, including India, Brazil, Cote d'Ivoire, Lebanon, Thailand and Kenya. Savita's expertise is qualitative research - conducting interviews and focus groups and analysing these through storytelling and narrative analysis. She has also previously worked on digital governance, telecenters, gender and digital entrepreneurship, community radio and mobile internet use. She has worked with organizations including UN Women, the World Wide Web Foundation, Aptivate, mySociety, the World Bank (Global Governance Practice in DC), Microsoft Research India, Commonwealth Secretariat, USAID (Honduras) and Panos. Savita is a Visiting Fellow at the Media and Communications Department at the London School of Economics (LSE). She was previously a tenure track academic - a co-Program Director for the MSc Management in Information Systems: Development and Change at the University of Manchester and Assistant Professor in ICTs and Development at the University of Manchester. She has also taught in the Information Systems Group (Management Department) and Media and Communications Department at LSE, most recently as course convenor and lecturer on the MSc course on Policy and Practice in ICTs and Development. She holds a PhD and MSc in Information Systems from the LSE as well as degrees from the University of London and University of Cambridge. She has several publications, including two World Bank publications: Evaluating Digital Citizen Engagement: A Practical Guide (2016) and Closing the Feedback Loop: Can Technology Bridge the Accountability Gap (2014). She has also had papers published in the International Journal of Communication, Government Information Quarterly, Information Technology and International Development, Gender, Technology and Development and has spoken at multiple conferences. She is a member of Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Community and several design research groups. Savita is based between London and New York.

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When ID works for women: Experiences and challenges of women in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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