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High Technologies, Policies Will Help Unlock Great Economic Potential of E-Commerce
E-commerce is enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Asia and the Pacific to reach global markets and compete on an international scale, creating...
Autonomous Vehicles Will Clog City Centres unless Lawmakers Step Up
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will increase, not decrease, traffic in already overcrowded downtown areas. That is one of the main findings of a joint World...
Drones for Humanity: Forum Initiative Aims Unlock Societal Benefits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Drones can deliver medical supplies, make dangerous jobs safer and protect endangered species. However, regulations in many countries prevent drones from fulfilling their potential...
Lower cost, stable supply, economic growth: A village in Mali shifts to solar
Landlocked Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa. It is also heavily reliant on fossil fuel imports, exposing it to price volatility...
Meet the 2018 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers
The World Economic Forum announced its annual list of Technology Pioneers today. Of the 61 early-stage companies recognized for their design, development and deployment...
Big Data and the new techniques of government political and strategic decision-making
Some considerations on Big Data.
As is now well-known, it is a technology which mainly deals with collecting, processing and selecting a huge quantity of...
A Clean, Secure Future: Reshaping Turkey’s Energy Sector
Turkey has limited fossil-fuel reserves other than coal, but has huge potential in renewable resources, including hydroelectric, solar and wind power, among others. As...
Sweden well ahead in digital transformation yet has more to do
Sweden’s efforts to embrace the shift to digital have been a key driver of economic growth in recent years, yet more needs to be done...
Kyrgyzstan: Looking for digital solutions to combat child labour
A group of young digital specialists – supported by the ILO in Kyrgyzstan - was among the prize winners in a ‘Hackathon’ aimed at...
Nations Improving Technology Also Improve Sustainability
Nations investing in technology infrastructure make faster, more efficient progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to a report released by...