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Smarter roads for smarter mobility
As transport technology progresses at breath-taking speed we tend to focus on how advanced and intelligent vehicles are getting. However, of equal importance is...
Innovation in Europe and Central Asia: From Horse Carts to Driverless Cars
When talking about innovation, countries in the Europe and Central Asia Region face challenges that lie somewhere between a horse cart and an autonomous...
Turkey Starts Construction of its First Nuclear Power Plant
Turkey reported the construction start of its first nuclear power plant to the IAEA’s Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) this week. The first safety-related...
How Can Water Scarce Cities Thrive in a Resource Finite World? Strategies and Solutions
Water scarcity is not a new concept, nor a new phenomenon. History provides us with many examples of cities and countries facing challenges to...
Cement technology roadmap plots path to cutting CO2 emissions 24% by 2050
Paris and Geneva – A combination of technology and policy solutions could provide a pathway to reducing direct carbon dioxide emissions from the cement...
Banking on Sunshine: World Added Far More Solar Than Fossil Fuel Power Generating Capacity in 2017
Solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017. The world installed a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity,...
Improving the skills of Chileans would boost productivity and inclusive growth
Chile’s economy is strengthening and wage growth picking up. The country should now address the challenge of improving people’s skills, particularly among women and...
Global Human Capital Trends report: The Rise of the Social Enterprise
Amid concerns about automation, the need for new skills, an aging workforce and tightening labor markets, the make-or-break issue facing companies this year is...
Digital Single Market: Travel with your online content across the EU
The new rules oblige paid online content providers to offer the cross-border portability feature to their subscribers who are temporarily in the EU
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Armenian Research Team Awarded for Innovation in Preventing Gender-Based Violence
The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded US$99,500 to an Armenian technology business foundation to help reduce incidents of gender-based...