Contrary to popular belief, economic growth does not necessarily lead to social change and institutional development. But with smarter tools, better investment and targeted support, there is hope.
Decades after we first dreamed of cityscapes filled with airborne taxis, the transport innovation boom could be bringing them to a street near you.
Because the region's tech industry is still relatively new, there is no legacy of it being male-dominated. Female entrepreneurs are working hard to keep it that way.
The benefits of e-government range from individual cost savings to wider economic growth. Unfortunately they're wholly dependent on an internet connection, something half the world doesn't have.
The new Internet Trends report shows that the US and China dominate the technology industry.
Rising in NATO, falling in Russia. The facts on global military spending today.
Michael Douglas leads the charge of actors swapping Sunset Boulevard for Beijing, with China set to overtake the US market share by 2020.
They might have small populations, but some countries punch well above their weight in both sporting and economic terms.
In order to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and secure the livelihoods of millions across the developing world, harmful subsidies to large fleets must end by 2020.
Tokyo aims to be the first mega city in the world to allow drones to carry out deliveries.
Slow growth remains Italy's 'Achilles’ heel' say the authors.
Chinese tech firms Baidu Inc, NetEase and Tencent Holdings are racing to create the cartoons that will kick start China's animation market.
Although India is one of the world's fastest-growing large economies, it ranks 131 out of 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index. Now it has launched a new programme to trans...
Africa is often depicted as a continent of mass exodus. Images of desperate Africans on overcrowded boats bound for Europe are plastered across our screens. A more balanced examination of...
From the circular economy to taxation and jute bags, here's how to mitigate plastic's harmful impacts.
A tourism industry worth $40 billion a year is a boon to the economy, but a high price to pay for the sanity of citizens. Just ask Italy.
Many technologists believe that blockchain will be more transformational than the internet itself. But is GDPR standing in its way?
What does the biggest football competition in the world have in common with a data protection regulation? More than you think, and team collaboration plays a big role in both.
If the people in the capital of Bangladesh understood the benefits of solar the way that people do in rural areas, the country could leapfrog several stages of the energy transition.
Mini-grids are a decentralized and renewable solution, generating and distributing power at the point of consumption.
How we produce, distribute, market and consume products and services is being disrupted and transformed.
The new realities facing organizations as they strive to combine human talent and machines are revealed by a new survey.
A new class at MIT applies moral philosophy to climate change.
These are the innovations that could make global trade more efficient, more inclusive, and less costly.
Economic, social and political pressures will ensure the world becomes carbon-neutral by 2050, but strong leadership is needed to stop the transition costing the earth.
Gender is one of the globally mandated biographical markers that must be on all passports issued worldwide, along with name, date of birth and nationality. But with the proliferation of b...
More than 4 billion of us whizzed through the air in 2017. Travellers have never been so demanding.
