Forget sweatshops; the digital economy is arguably as exploitative of its workers, who sit for hours a day at a computer for a miserable pittance. We look at what the global development community can do to stop the practice.
Also in today’s edition: How localization can save billions of dollars each year, and a look at a U.S. government initiative to help African farmers boost agricultural output.
+ Join us: Tomorrow, Feb. 9, at 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. CET), we’ll host a Twitter Spaces conversation with Save the Children US CEO Janti Soeripto on what’s next for NGOs in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s employment ban on female aid workers.