Insecurity remains one of the prominent challenges facing communities occupying the borderlands in Africa. In the horn of Africa, most of these communities adopted pastoral lifestyle years back as an adaptation to climate change. Unpredictable rainfall patterns have...
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Private Capital: Bridging the Gap in Global Health Financing
Amid the global chaos of 2020, a convergence of economic and social forces is occurring that presents new opportunities for financing of chronic public health challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Widespread health system weaknesses made visible by...
Just Transition to a Green Economy: Lessons of COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has animated discussions about our future economic development model highlighting current shortcomings and the adverse impacts on people, especially vulnerable groups. In so doing, the pandemic has reinforced the importance of a just transition...
The Power of Biases: Think Slow, Act Fast
Over the years, the field of decision-making was diagnosed through the lens of behavioral science and economics. It was found that decision-makers and negotiators can fall victim to their mental predispositions. While professionals often aspire to reach rational...
Los Desafíos Socio-Educativos de la Implementación de la Agenda 2030
Las agendas de desarrollo sostenible y los tratados de derechos humanos han sido el resultado de la movilización de innumerables colectivos en distintas épocas y lugares del mundo. A lo largo del tiempo, estas conquistas se han ido plasmando en abundante...
New Zealand’s Approach to Climate Change Policy
I had the good fortune of arriving in New Zealand just as the election season was gathering pace. The formation of a new government in October 2017 led by Labour’s Jacinda Ardern in coalition with New Zealand First and with the support of the Greens ushered in an era...
Emergencies in Kenya: Gaps in Gender Mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming is a vital precondition of gender equality. Early Childhood Development in Emergencies (ECDiE)1 programming requires an approach that ensures that girls and boys have equal access to services across all developmental areas and are empowered...
GSM : 3 lettres d’une norme ‘Born in Europe’
Nous avons tous un smartphone, ou au moins un téléphone mobile fonctionnant avec la norme GSM dite 2G, socle de la 3G, 4G et 5G. Sans ce système, votre smartphone ne pourrait plus émettre et recevoir d’appels, et ne pourrait plus envoyer/recevoir de data ; il ne...
A Just Transition to a Canadian Green Economy
Jeremy Rifkin, an American economic and social theorist, shared a compelling vision of the future in the green digital economy at the University of Toronto on November 19th. He is the main architect of Smart Europe, the European Union’s long-term economic vision and...
Partenariat public privé : la Suisse soutient une dynamique locale au Burkina Faso
Qu’est-ce que le partenariat public privé (PPP) ? Il s’agit de toute forme d’association du secteur public et du secteur privé, destinée à mettre en œuvre tout ou partie d’un service public. Son principe de base est une relation de coopération gagnant-gagnant qui...
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