Canada leading the way on women’s inclusion and empowerment
Canada has made significant progress on gender equality in the last few years, developing institutions, policies, tools and accountability structures that position it as...
Can State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Tools Give New Life to Household Survey Data?
In 2014 the UN called for a data revolution to put the best available tools and methods to work in service of achieving the...
Maharashtra goes electric: beating pollution through e-mobility programme
The Indian state of Maharashtra is embracing electric mobility as the next step in sustainable transport, through leasing out electric vehicles and installing chargers...
Philippines’ Poverty Rate Declines: More Well-Paying Jobs and Opportunities Needed
With solid economic fundamentals, the Philippines is well-placed to speed up poverty reduction. The challenge is to provide more economic opportunities, which would help...
Industry 4.0 for smart sustainable cities in Latin America
Innovative policies and regulatory frameworks are key to harnessing the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize urban...
Unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory world’s highest
The unemployment rate in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has risen to the world’s highest level, at 27.4 per cent in 2017, says an...
Finding Opportunity In The Energy Transformation: The Perspective From The EU
As European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete is tasked with accelerating the deployment of renewable energy in the region, both...
It’s not about the technology: Faster, better internet needs different financing models
To connect the as yet unconnected around the world to the internet is only a first step towards ensuring that all societies participate in...
Car-friendly BrasÃlia embraces walkers and cyclists
Built from scratch in the 1950s, the Brazilian capital of BrasÃlia was designed with the idea that all of its residents would be getting...
Single-use plastics: New EU rules to reduce marine litter
With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target...