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Pioneers of Change Summit 2020
These are the 3 winners of the World Economic Forum New Champions awards
The awards recognize organizations with the potential to create long-term change through action on sustainability, digital disruption and agile governance.
United States
This animated map shows how U.S. states have voted since 1976
As Americans cast their votes in the 2020 Presidential Election, a graphic, by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, shows U.S. presidential voting history by state since 1976.
United States
What the 2020 electorate looks like by party, race and ethnicity, age, education and religion
The U.S. electorate can change with millions of Americans turning 18, immigrants becoming naturalized citizens and longer-term shifts in the country’s racial and ethnic makeup.
United States
Right-wing extremism: The new wave of global terrorism
Right-wing terrorism is rising, with recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand, Germany and Norway as indicators of this trend.
Agile Governance
Why agile governance should be human-centred governance
Agile governance of technology must strike a balance between encouraging innovation and protecting rights. Keeping human beings in mind is the best way to do .
Agile Governance
Is decentralization a panacea for development?
The success of decentralization is contingent on the national and local context, and the way in which it is implemented.
Leadership
Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
Research looks at how female policymakers have been more effective at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, including the speed in which they close their country's borders compared to their mal...
COVID-19
COVID-19: Study shows 40% of cases in Italian town showed no symptoms
A study of coronavirus infections in the Italian town of Vò found that 40% of cases were asymptomatic, which could help our understanding of how it spreads.
Cybersecurity
3 ways governments can address cybersecurity in the post-pandemic world
COVID-19 has increased reliance on the internet – and cybercrime. But governments have an opportunity to address cybersecurity in the post-pandemic world.
COVID-19
One metre or two? 4 factors influencing safe social distancing
From respiratory droplets to viral load, here are four of the most important factors that influence our understanding of "safe" distance.
Africa
‘We can use this as an opportunity’ - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on how African nations can recover after COVID-19
Former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala fears that COVID-19 could wipe out three decades of growth and development in Africa. Still, she sees the recovery as a chance to reim...
Artificial Intelligence
How governments can use public procurement to shape the future of AI regulation – and boost innovation and growth
Public procurement can help governments support Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation and growth as well as set appropriate standards and regulations.
COVID-19
Ethiopia’s unconventional COVID-19 response
Ethiopia's government has been praised for the aggressive and effective tactics it has used to stem the country's outbreak of COVID-19 since January.
COVID-19
Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown seriously
Google has gathered data from millions of mobile devices that use its software, to understand how citizens of European countries have responded to lockdown.
COVID-19
Minimizing Coronavirus’ impact is a race against time - this chart explains why
One chart illustrates the importance of reducing the rate of new Coronavirus infections to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems.