Downloadable white papers, reports and toolkits
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Overview of Openworld Strategy
This one-page visual, prepared for circulation at the April, 2008 Atlas Foundation gathering of free market think tanks, illustrates the flow of resources and benefits to organizations assisting entrepreneurial schools and free zones. -
Paths Toward Peace: A Sri Lankan Example for Post-Conflict Societies
In this article for Vision in Action magazine, Openworld President Mark Frazier explores replicable strategies for grassroots globalization to help heal war-torn areas. -
Private Partnerships in Africa to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Openworld Chairman Soleman Abdi Idd describes a self-funding private opportunity for reforestation in Africa. The paper was given to the Congressional International Environmental Caucus in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 2005. -
Retiring at Sea (translated from Portuguese)
A tongue-in-cheek look at lifestyle and cost advantages of retiring on board a cruise liner... -
Toolkit for Kyrgyz eCenters and Land Grant Expansion Areas (in Russian)
This multimedia presentation describes a USAID-supported challenge grant offer of microvouchers for Kyrgyz telecenters. The offer, designed by Openworld, the Academy for Educational Development, and the Civil Initiative for Internet Policy, resulted in 50 applications for four pilot projects selected in September, 2005. -
Updating Peer Learning Rewards for the 21st Century
This work-study project, prepared by students at a private school in rural Sri Lanka, explores ways to build upon the precedents of the 19th Century Lancaster System to reinforce peer learning. -
White Paper 1: "New Catalysts for Sustainability"
An 80-page white paper/toolkit, prepared by Openworld President Mark Frazier, defines new opportunities for digital challenge grants to promote sustainable self-help efforts in remote areas of the world. The report has been sponsored by the Sabre Foundation with generous support from the Whitehead Foundation and private donors. -
White Paper 2: "Awakening Assets for the Next Four Billion"
A July, 2008 Openworld white paper, "Awakening Assets for the Next Four Billion," describes a step-by-step system for challenge offers to benefit grassroots initiatives. -
Slides: "Free Market Breakthroughs for the Next Four Billion"
(2.3M)A Freedomfest 2008 presentation by Openworld on opportunities for global "challenge offers" to spark creation of success-sharing free zones is now available.