Governments, institutions and professional organizations have been trained to think good decisions flow from good governance and that good governance is a product of good representation.
On 1 January 2016, the world’s nations put forward a to-do list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a fairer, healthier, more sustainable world by 2030. It was a moment o...
The belief that the gender gap in the world’s newsrooms is no longer a concern strengthens with every high-profile editorial announcement of a woman in news leadership.
Across the world, we are facing an acute inflation crisis. In its latest economic outlook report, the IMF forecasts global inflation to increase to a record 8.8 percent in 2022, citing li...
Workers have rights.
As our world is facing multiple, simultaneous crises, the need for civic participation across all sectors is more imperative than ever before. From climate action and responsible technolo...
Co-authored by Dr. Mark Latonero and Dr. Urvashi Aneja, this paper explores the concept of co-design in partnership with civil society, beginning with COVID-19 technology interventions. I...
Developing an effective response to the crises that societies face – including geopolitical fractures, climate and nature emergencies and societal divisions – requires strong global partn...
Indigenous peoples’ and local community lands cover a third of the earth’s territories. The fact that 91% of them are in good or fair ecological condition today is a testament to the effe...
10 December is Human Rights Day marking 72 years since the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, forged amid the destruction and persecution in the aftermath of the Second...
• The Meritocracy Stress Test does for equality what the bank stress test did for liquidity.
Over the last nine months, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to every corner of the world, exacerbating pre-existing systemic inequalities across societies. From disproportionate rates of ...
Set against rising calls for action to combat growing inequality and the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of the key drivers of industry and economic refor...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rate at which society is embracing digital technologies. While those who have been furloughed or lost their jobs are using the internet to commun...
In multiple places across Somaliland, our aid workers scrambled to move funding from farming to urgently needed handwashing programmes when COVID-19 hit. But funding could not be easily o...
