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It only gets worse for the poor
Aithorix compares his journey with Stitchwel’s and discovers how unequal the system really is
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“They didn’t push me out. The system did.”
Last episode had Aithorix reminisce his first time at a passport office in Bureaunia as he waited more than eight hours to collect a passport form. This week, he concludes his memories about the entirety of the passport process and how he felt as he left Bureaunia to go for higher studies.
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“Get the hell out,” says conventional wisdom.
Today, Aithorix is Chief AI Advisor at Bureaunia. Yet, there was a time, decades ago, when an experience in his country made him feel utterly hopeless. That experience? Having to stand in a passport queue in Bureaunia. A day he remembers vividly, a day where his then young, impressionable mind realized how a state…
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The Myth of Small AI
I found it heartening to see not just one but multiple sessions focused on Small AI at the 2026 WB/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC last week. For years, the AI narrative was dominated by Big AI with mammoth models like GPT or Gemini or Claude or Grok, boasting trillions of parameters and requiring…
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Built to Pay. Not Built to Fix.
Bureaunia’s fraud detection system ran in seconds. Its grievance system in 47 days. This is not a technical gap. It is a governance choice.
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When Your Identity Isn’t Yours
I’m Mariamix, enrolled in the digital G2P system of Bureaunia. I am excited to be a pioneer in my country’s digital transformation of public service delivery. It will make our lives easier, cheaper, and better!
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Turning “Money Delivered” Into “Money Received”
Commerce Minister Tradexa sits in her office, staring at a dashboard full of green checkmarks. Every metric looks perfect: 95% of welfare payments are delivered digitally. Zero delays. Zero errors.
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A Searcher’s Quest: Is AI an Equalizer or Divider?
Representing Bureaunia, I was really excited and inspired to attend the Digital Cooperation Day on September 22 on the sidelines of UNGA 80. The day was abuzz with many concepts and terminologies, facts and figures, voices from policymakers, grassroots, youth and development partners, pledges and commitments from ministers, mayors and funders…
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When 100% Isn’t Really 100%
Finance Secretary Fiscalia is known as the reformer who asks uncomfortable questions. In every meeting, she asks: “What incentive does this create at the last mile?”
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Paulix’s Counter: Why I Said “Cash Only”
I’m Paulix. I run the corner shop where Bureaunia’s “digital future” meets real life: rice by the scoop, soap by the bar, medicine in small strips. People don’t make one big monthly purchase. They make many small ones fast, urgent, right at my counter.