Digital platforms are changing how individuals around the world find and do work, and how small enterprises and farmers connect with markets. What are the experiences of individual workers and sellers as their livelihoods change? And what are the opportunities for digital development?
This is the site for the ‘Platform Livelihoods Project” — a set of research studies conducted in 2020-2022 by Caribou Digital and its research partners, Qhala, Story X Design, University of Ghana, Lagos Business School in Nigeria, Value for Women, Story x Design, Kilimo Source, Habitus Insight, and Learn Inc, conducted in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. It also curates broader research from the digital development community.
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Integration without Identification? ID System Challenges for Refugees and Migrants in Kenya
By Caribou Digital
Digital Identity, Refugees and Forced Migration
Integration without Identification? ID System Challenges for Refugees and Migrants in Kenya
Digital Identity, Refugees and Forced Migration
Research Report
By Caribou Digital
April 29, 2025
By Caribou Digital

Identification Requirements in European Migration Policy
By Caribou Digital
Digital Identity
Identification Requirements in European Migration Policy
Digital Identity
Research Report
By Caribou Digital
April 07, 2025
By Caribou Digital

Preparing for AI in the BPO and ITES Sector in Africa
By Caribou Digital,
Genesis Analytics
Genesis Analytics
Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work
Preparing for AI in the BPO and ITES Sector in Africa
Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work
Research Report
By Caribou Digital, Genesis Analytics
March 25, 2025
By Caribou Digital,
Genesis Analytics
Genesis Analytics
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