2024 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge
How can we harness technology to build and sustain peaceful and prosperous economies?
Submissions are Closed
Judges
Gabriela Eguidazu Villota
Director, Innovation for Inclusive Growth, BBVA Microfinance Foundation
Spain
Leigh Hafrey
Senior Lecturer, Ethics & Communication, MIT Sloan School of Management
Sonia Jorge
Founder and Executive Director, Strategy and Partnerships, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP)
United States
Mariazel Maqueda López
Head of the PeaceTech Division, EssentialTech Centre, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Rathi Mani-Kandt
Human Centered Designer I Financial Inclusion Specialist I Director of Women's Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion, CARE USA
United States
James Newell
Executive Director, GSR Foundation
Dina Sherif
Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT
United States
Maya Shoucair
Social Impact, Americas, TikTok
Marika Vilen
SVP Global Strategic Partnerships, Experian Software Solutions , Experian
United States
Judging Criteria
- Alignment: The solution uses technology to address one of Solve's Global Challenges.
- Potential for Impact: The planned solution implementation has the potential to impact the intended population.
- Feasibility: The team has a realistic, practical plan for implementing the solution, and it is feasible in the given context.
- Innovative Approach: The solution includes a new technology, a new application of technology, a new business model, or a new process for solving the Challenge.
- Inclusive Human-Centered Design: Inclusive and equitable outcomes are considered in the design, implementation, and internal operations of the solution.
- Scalability: The solution has a plan for financial viability and the potential to be scaled to affect the lives of more people.
- Partnership Potential: The applicant clearly explains how the solution would benefit from some of the resources that the Solve community is positioned to provide.
- Technical Feasibility: If the underlying technology is novel, the applicant has provided convincing evidence that it has been built and functions as they claim it does.
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