Digital technology is spurring financial inclusion around the world, enabling millions more people and businesses to join the global economy for the first time. Yet there is much more work to do.
Blockchain is transforming the way we do business, and has the potential to reduce poverty throughout the developing world. But can it simultaneously offer trust and privacy to ensure private and tamper-free records?
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Indifference from the tech giants has created a toxic corner of the internet where abuse is rampant, fake news is commonplace and terrorists roam free
Could you make it as a new power leader in our chaotic, hyperconnected world? Here's a test to find out.
"The solutions that policy-makers are looking for have often already been invented somewhere else but an idea is just an ephemera without the right person to make it happen."
New avenues for private entities to funnel untraceable money into the political system have serious repercussions for policy makers and the fight against corruption.
In her curtain-raiser speech to the IMF and World Bank's upcoming Spring Meetings, Christine Lagarde explains why current prosperity provides the perfect opportunity to prepare for the downturn to come.
How do we transition from fossil fuels - and can we do it smoothly? What types of policies will it take to get there and how can they become reality?
Europe is booming, but here are the big three economic risks that could lie ahead.
The technology needed to address India's water pollution problem already exists. What is needed is intent and a commitment to use it.
"The evidence from behavioural science shows that childhood obesity is a normal response to abnormal environments."
Smart cities are using big data to help citizens in fast-changing political and economic times.
Globalization and technological progress has made productivity more dependent on a broad, complex and difficult-to-achieve set of skills.
The impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is likely to be even more disruptive in Latin American countries.
Creativity, collaboration, resilience and risk-taking will become more important, as routine tasks are automated. The region's workforce is ready.
A new way to deliver upgraded transport, public housing, power, water and healthcare is something all political forces can get behind.
Africa currently has the lowest intraregional trade in the world – a single market would boost GDP by billions and put millions on the path to prosperity.
Artificial Intelligence is now capable of performing tasks that have historically required human ingenuity. But these advances also put AI on a collision course with numerous aspects of p...
Submissive female robots, servile voice assistants - does AI need a feminist revolution?
As more people question the political, security and environmental implications of blockchain and digital currency, its future may depend on a new wave of projects designed to make a posit...
Technology can liberate leaders from the day-to-day tasks of running an organization, leaving them to focus on strategic transformation and staff wellbeing.
With one click, you could order your next meal straight from the field. Find out how this will help us feed the planet.
For all its uncertainties and risks, blockchain could add a layer of security to records and transactions that are particularly exposed to high corruption risks. The time to experiment is...
Once it was servants, today it's sales reps. New research confirms that when it comes to the rise of the robots, cities have seen it all before.
Trust in museums is on the rise. Here, people of different backgrounds, religions and ethnicities can engage with topics that are often contentious or taboo.
Corporate responsibility is something that should be built in to a company from the beginning, not added on as an afterthought or retroactively for a remedy.
