From its base in Portland,Oregon, the organization also builds links between Americans and partners in the developing world who are using technology to solve social and environmental problems.
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Sometimes the pressure on business to solvesocialproblems comes, not from governments, but from non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Speaking through their laptops and iPhones, people are increasingly able to organize themselves and solvesocialproblems, independent of the old, creaky, public-sector industrial plant.
They help corporations, public sector agencies, nonprofits and foundations create value through social change and empower them with data to solvesocialproblems more efficiently.