World Bank starts voting on Apps for Development contest
The World Bank started public voting today on its first innovation contest, Apps for Development.
The World Bank is in the final stretch of its first innovation competition, Apps for Development, and today it started public voting on the 107 submissions.
The contest drew in applicants from 36 countries, including more than half from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Voting will continue until Feb. 28, when a Popular Choice winner will be selected. A full roster of prize winners will be announced in April.
The goal was to develop digital, online and mobile solutions for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and to raise awareness of the bank’s millennium goals.
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Walji said the competition also shows enormous possibilities for getting the public involved with local data.
“What we've learned from apps competition in the U.S., U.K. and Canada is the corollary to the axiom 'all politics are local.' When it comes to apps competitions, the best apps are hyper-local. This is where people's daily realities interface with the value of information,” Walji wrote.
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