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Universities Post COVID-19: Quo Vadis?

While many universities used technology as a stopgap measure to continue the delivery of education during the pandemic, few are reassessing what long-term measures are necessary to make their institutions more resilient in the face of future crises

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Worsening Conflict Environment Most Significant Threat to Africa’s Prosperity

Africa’s quest for lasting and sustainable prosperity was dealt a massive blow by the Covid crisis of 2020. The African Development Bank estimates that the continent’s economy contracted by 2.1 percent last year, a sharp contrast from 3 percent growt

Technology and the Past
Economy & Society
Jun 28, 2022

Winston Churchill said that the farther backward we can look, the farther forward we can see. What he meant is that the past not only shapes our future but that it gives us the strength to reinvent ourselves.

Creating Progress at Scale: How Trusted Tech is Transforming Government

The private sector has witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the pace of digital transformation over the last two years, driven in large part by the pandemic. Businesses everywhere are using new technologies to become more resilient and adaptable.

What have governments learnt from the Great Recession?
Economy & Society
Jul 11, 2018

Wounds leave scars and the Great Recession is no exception. It was the longest and deepest global economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is now just over a decade since the Great Recession began in the US, officially lasting fro

How to build societies to be inclusive of ageing populations
Economy & Society
Jul 11, 2018

On an individual level, the ageing process can be a cause of pain and despair that forces many people to radically alter how they live. ​ The same is also true for countries. Increasingly, they are having to cope with populations in which the old

This is the subject Elon Musk says young people need to study to be successful in the future
Economy & Society
Mar 21, 2018

What advice would billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk give to young people who want to be successful? Simple: study physics. ​ The SpaceX and Tesla co-founder was speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Money for nothing: the world's biggest universal income experiment  ​
Economy & Society
Mar 12, 2018

How will people earn a living when machines do everything? Human work that has long been threatened – and in some cases already taken over – includes assembly line and low-skilled manual labour. But middle-class careers such as journalism, marketing,

Access to family planning cut child poverty
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Children born after the introduction of family planning programs in the US from 1964 through 1973 had household incomes 2.8 percent higher than those born before, researchers report.

Americans are working longer but aren’t as healthy
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Americans born in 1960 will be able to start collecting their full Social Security retirement check at the age of 67—two years later than their parents—because of a change in the federal retirement age enacted in 1983.

Finland’s brain drain: what happens to small countries when the talent leaves?
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Young Finnish professionals are attracted to major European capitals. They move to Stockholm, Berlin and Amsterdam, as well as farther away. The sun shines in Dubai; the world’s top organisations and institutes are in New York and Washington. The occ

Survey reveals young people more likely to support universal basic income, but it’s not a left-right thing
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Preliminary analysis of a European-wide survey has found young people are more in favour of introducing a universal income than their older peers. Support for such a scheme also varies considerably across Europe, with Russians the most supportive and

US health care system: A patchwork that no one likes
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Almost all parties agree that the health care system in the U.S., which is responsible for about 17 percent of our GDP, is badly broken. Soaring costs, low quality, insurance reimbursements and co-payments confusing even to experts, and an ever-growi

Historical poverty reductions: more than a story about ‘free-market capitalism’
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

The share of people living in extreme poverty around the world has fallen continuously over the last two centuries.

Designing suburbs to cut car use closes gaps in health and wealth
Economy & Society
Dec 08, 2017

Having to own multiple cars comes at a cost to the finances and health of residents in the sprawling outer suburbs

Are emerging economies deindustrializing too quickly?
Economy & Society
Dec 07, 2017

The patterns of structural transformation in developing countries are different to those of advanced, post-industrial economies. Specifically, emerging economies have been deindustrializing more quickly.

Our eyes are drawn to meaning, not shiny objects
Economy & Society
Dec 07, 2017

Our visual attention homes in on the parts of a scene that have meaning, not those that “stick out” most, new research suggests.

Youth engagement with politics can help them progress later in life
Economy & Society
Dec 07, 2017

Social action and engagement may help marginalized teens in their careers later in life, particularly if teachers help them discuss and engage with social issues, new research suggests.

Are we hardwired to pick up crying babies?
Economy & Society
Dec 07, 2017

Newborn babies have a remarkable amount of power. Though there are few things they can do for themselves, they can manipulate the world around them by summoning help with a simple wail. Caregivers, especially parents, are particularly sensitive to in

Daydreaming is a sign you’re intelligent and creative
Economy & Society
Dec 07, 2017

Daydreaming may indicate intelligence and creativity, according to new research.

Deepest sleep may be vital for visual learning
Economy & Society
Dec 06, 2017

Certain visual learning takes hold in the brain during sleep, new research suggests.

How your commute time could be cut by 90%
Economy & Society
Dec 06, 2017

After you sit down, the doors close silently and the pod slides into a large, round metal tube. Suddenly, you become aware of a sensation of movement, as if you’re in an elevator travelling forward or an aircraft that’s just taking off. It’s not unpl

Is mindfulness made up?
Economy & Society
Dec 06, 2017

When Siddhartha Gautama spoke these words around 1500 years ago, it’s fair to assume he wasn’t really thinking ahead. But the man who most of us know better as Buddha was talking about a technique which has since become wildly popular around the worl

France is experimenting with a radically different approach to education
Economy & Society
Dec 06, 2017

It used to be said that a French education minister could open the national curriculum - the programme d'enseignement obligatoire - and know exactly what every pupil in the country was learning that day.

The scientific link between happiness and food
Economy & Society
Jul 30, 2017

Comfort eating – the notion that certain foods will cheer us up when we are unhappy or make us better when we are ill – is familiar the world over. Popular favorites that stock our fridges and cupboards range from chicken soup to boiled eggs, and fro

Dubai is steadily moving towards Net-Zero by 2050

Dubai is steadily moving towards Net-Zero by 2050

The UAE stands out as a frontrunner in the global shift towards clean and renewable energy. Securing the second position in the Energy Transition category of the Green Future Index 2023.

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