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Sustainable Development

The End of Big Data

Personal data is anything but personal. Our phones and televisions listen in on us; the most powerful corporations in the world trade in consumer tics, browsing histories, ...

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Human Rights

Is This The Generation That Eradicates Extreme Poverty?

The year 2015 was a once in a generation event for the world’s citizens and for the planet. In one year, a new blueprint was created to tackle the world’s thorn...

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Sustainable Development

What Mobile Tech Innovation Offers Food Security

Humanitarian organizations delivering food assistance in conflict-affected areas or regions plagued by natural disasters or outbreaks of epidemic diseases cannot do their j...

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Sustainable Development

From Davos: This Idea Could Transform Global Food Systems

Global food security is a hot topic here at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Will we hit on an easy solution to this enormous challenge in five days in Davos? Of course not....

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Opinion: Bill Gates: Here Are My Three Goals For 2016

DAVOS, Switzerland (Project Syndicate) — We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migra...

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Health

Spending On Child Healthcare Soars, But 40 Mn Children Stunted

Here are some health statistics for Indian children five years or younger: 38.7% are stunted (below normal height for the age), 19.8% are wasted (underweight and short) and...

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Top 5

Prime Time, Reality Bites

Prime Time has a plethora of fiction shows which are simply entertainment, entertainment, entertainment; barring the odd show or two. One can’t overlook the non-ficti...

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Sustainable Development

It's Nearly 2016. Why Aren't Banking Apps More Secure?

In 2013, a security researcher studied 40 banking apps for iOS from some of the world’s biggest banks and found that the majority leaked a lot of personal d...

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Thought Factory

Aversion To Androgyny

Man’s contempt for that which he cannot understand is well documented throughout recorded history. Witch hunts, crusades, holy wars, inquisitions, imperialism and civ...

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Boosting Coherence To Make Poverty Eradication A Reality

I recently launched the 2015 edition of the European Commission’s report on Policy Coherence for Development — or PCD — that show...

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