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...
Jan 4, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Poverty Alleviation
In our 2013 study of the challenges of financial inclusion Financial Inclusion: Barter to Bitcoins, Bricks and Mortar to Mobile—Developing 21st Century Financial Services Solutions for the Unbanked Poor we looked at the limites imposed by marginal involvement in the...
Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Wellbeing, Operational and Delivery Networks, Platforms, Poverty Alleviation
CloudFactory, the technology outsourcing company based in Kathmandu, connects workers in developing countries with client companies worldwide. The employees benefit from skills training and job creation, and the clients get quick and cost-effective data entry and...
Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict
Using data from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), a Finnish data visualization site, Lucify, created a stunning interactive graphic that shows the magnitude of the refugee crisis. “We aimed to convey the magnitude of the crisis in a way that is intuitive, memorable and...
Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
1/3 of the global population is on the wrong side of the digital divide, without the ability to go online regularly. The reasons for this are simple and the solutions are complex: devices are expensive, mobile networks are few and far between, and power sources are...
Sep 20, 2015 | Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict, Poverty Alleviation
Richard Curtis, the film-maker known for hits like Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his work with Comic Relief, is the founder of Project Everyone, a collaboration with the UN to give prominence to the Sustainable Development Goals. The...
