This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As global job losses mount due to the COVID-19 pandemic, desperate people are seeking new ways to make money via social media, and evidence points to a resulting deadly surge…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the world — including in the U.S. — equitable access to education isn’t always a guarantee. From birth, many girls begin an uphill trek through gendered injustices to reach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the obesity epidemic once again into the spotlight, revealing that obesity is no longer a disease that harms just in the long run but one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We may be in the same storm, but we are not in the same boat,” Don Gips, Skoll Foundation CEO, said as he convened a recent town hall discussion, The Color…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To describe how far the world is from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN and other organizations often frame the challenge in terms of finances, describing the gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Physical distancing, clean water and soap, and strong health care services: These are the key ingredients to preventing and containing the spread of COVID-19, according to health officials. Yet most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One sign of long-term sustainability and success within a sector is a healthy distribution or ecosystem of organizations along the spectrum of size. The Portland area for example is home…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution evolves, frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our economies, societies and the environment. AI is opening up economic opportunities with companies large…
For the first time in history, the number of people aged 65 and over outnumber children five and under. By 2024, older workers will represent the largest single segment—25%—of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From a food and traditional medicine market with hundreds of exotic wildlife packed in cages, a new and deadly respiratory virus emerges. An unprecedented lockdown of Chinese society fails to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A vaccine for Covid-19 is not yet available but many rich countries and some middle-income ones have entered partnerships to reserve vaccine doses. This shopping spree means that there will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. LONDON, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average…