Mar 24, 2017 | Blog, Health & Human Security
Famine. In a world of plenty, the brutality of famine continues to afflict. When acute malnutrition rates among children exceed 30 percent, more than 2 people per 10,000 die per day, and one in five households in an area are not able to access food. It is never...
Mar 16, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Cities, Employment & Prosperity
A Toronto-based research initiative, the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) was launched this week at the Blockchain Summit in DC. A multi-stakeholder partnership with government bodies, including the Canadian government and private sector companies, the organization...
Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
Financial health is a new term in the arena of financial inclusion. It means being in possession of a daily financial system that can provide resilience in the face of economic shocks so that individuals are better able to reach their economic goals. Individuals in...
Feb 28, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Knowledge Networks, Operational and Delivery Networks, Platforms
A billion dollars was invested in blockchain in 2016, making it a hot emerging technology. Rapidly moving away from its origins as the architecture behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin, blockchain is starting to demonstrate unique capabilities as a disruptor in the field...
Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship
GSNs working in the climate change and environment arenas have struggled for years with the deliberate fiction of the climate change denial professionals; the original “fake news.” In a recent Time Magazine article the latest round of denial disinformation...
