News: ITU, ADB and the World Bank
- Infrastructure projects often involve large-scale resettlement of affected populations. Involuntary resettlement may involve loss of livelihoods, productive assets, and incomes. In such cases, income restoration measures are required.
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's message for International Women's Day 2024: Let's invest in more women in tech.
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- Sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment impact not only victims but entire communities, undermining trust in development projects. Effective case handling, legal frameworks, and capacity building are essential for addressing these challenges globally.
- Student monitoring and remedial programs are needed to avoid the long-term effects of school closures in Asia and the Pacific during the pandemic.
ITU’s latest statistics and analysis show where the world’s island economies stand in their journey to universal and meaningful connectivity By Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU Internet use in the world’s 57 small island developing states and territories – or SIDS – has outpaced the world average over the past […]
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- Almost half of migratory species are in decline and more than 20% are threatened, according to the State of the World’s Migratory Species report.
A new expert group aims to determine the requirements for all new cars sold from 2032 onwards to be equipped with communications technology for safe automated driving. The group – initiated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and set to meet for the first time on 8 March – will explore the requirements for vehicle […]
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- The collective efforts and resilience of Pacific Island communities in the face of climate change highlight the importance of international support and sustainable infrastructure to combat environmental challenges.
- Timor-Leste is predominantly an agrarian economy with 66% of households engaged in some form of subsistence agriculture. Agriculture contributes to about 16% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Coffee, its main cash crop, comprises over 90% of its non-oil exports.
ITU News Fifth generation (5G) mobile telecommunication services could contribute almost USD 1 trillion to the global economy by 2030, becoming a vital component of education, health care, energy distribution, and more. Mobile services, meanwhile, are intertwined with the booming space economy, itself set to grow to USD 1 trillion by the end of the […]
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