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Read the Economy Next article here <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=d4262586ad&e=301e9a2a4a> . *#3. *Blockchain, AI and design thinking are among the hottest topics in government innovation. This Huffington Post blog <http://nesta.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=54710f9786&e=301e9a2a4a> considers which innovations will make it beyond the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ into the ‘plateau of productivity’. *#4.* This Guardian article <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=884859de0d&e=301e9a2a4a> demonstrates how social innovation experiments are providing solutions to housing crises around the world. *#5.* Micro-health insurance for the informal sector and 3D printed prosthetics for burn victims are just some of the ideas uncovered by a WEF-backed challenge to reward promising female innovators in Africa. More about the initiative here <http://nesta.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=eaa0f791bf&e=301e9a2a4a> . *#6.* Following the launch of the UK Cabinet Office’s Data Science Ethical Framework <http://nesta.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=bd09477334&e=301e9a2a4a>, Nesta’s Chief Executive, Geoff Mulgan, blogs <http://nesta.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=57b502db7f&e=301e9a2a4a> about how governments must navigate the potential minefields of powerful new algorithms and data uses ethically. *#7.* Amsterdammers are turning the threat of flooding into a community design challenge - crowdsourcing information about risk-prone streets and developing DIY solutions to better use excess rain water. Read more in the Long and Short <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=82cc92a9ca&e=301e9a2a4a> . *#8.* A new report <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=c44dd21ac2&e=301e9a2a4a> from WWF, Ennovent, Impact Hub, Clarmondial and Greenworks Asia lays out a blueprint for innovative green businesses to create incentives that prevent rather than promote deforestation. *#9.* Two local nursing students <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=5d286fcf4b&e=301e9a2a4a>are using a community-centred approach to help alleviate the lack of access to health services in rural Nicaragua. *#10.* Based on the experience of a Data and Design Research Fellow’s experience working for the City of Los Angeles’ i-team, this article <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=4ecde6c488&e=301e9a2a4a> offers some interesting reflections on opportunities and challenges public labs face in their bid to create civic benefit. *#11.* This Apolitical article <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=9be2fca070&e=301e9a2a4a> considers the key impacts of Turnaround: Arts <http://nesta.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=24f28a70d08a9428e2e895919&id=55fb91282b&e=301e9a2a4a>, an initiative that uses celebrity star power and arts activities to create success in America’s worst-performing schools. *#12.* By mining linked administrative datasets, machine learning is helping government in New Zealand to predict risk factors for vulnerable children quicker. 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