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...
Women across the continent are more likely to be in informal employment relative to men. This can change if women's economic empowerment is prioritized by government policies and family n...
A super-cycle of elections awaits. In which direction will countries in the region turn?
The corporate culture that has allowed, or in some cases encouraged, the view of certain humans as sexual objects, or tradeable goods, has to change.
From picking up warning signs to breaking down stigma, Artificial Intelligence has a role to play.
High-density populations and fuel transport costs means islands must get creative. Here's how they can do it – and help the green revolution in the process.
From life-saving drones to a bank for rural women, here's how the young people coming to Davos are improving the state of the world.
When robotics entrepreneur Keller Rinaudo, started his first company at the age of 23, the number of drone strikes in Afghanistan were at an all-time high.
After an accident killed her father and left her without the use of her arm, Tiffany Yu has become a powerful advocate for the disability community. Now, she wants the rest of the world t...
There is no silver bullet to ending global inequality. It takes all of us working together to achieve measurable results at scale for our world’s most vulnerable children and families.
Since the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, the volume of a specific kind of data has been growing exponentially: welcome to the era of digital data humanitarianism.
Decisions taken today will not impact the decision-makers, it will impact young people.
Architect Basima Abdulrahman foresees a green city being built in the region within 10 years. But for now she'd be happy with one sustainable building.
It may have banned cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings, but, make no mistake, China is very interested in blockchain – and has the research lab to prove it.
What choices must we now make now to create a shared future, in which we are not at perpetual risk of destroying ourselves?
