News: ITU, ADB and the World Bank
- Asia faces unprecedented food security challenges due to soaring rice prices, climate-induced disasters, and ecosystem degradation. Strategic action is needed to transform food systems for greater resilience and sustainability.
- Operations and maintenance costs are often left out of the equation when building infrastructure. These steps will help countries manage these expenses.
By Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU Only a few years ago, it would have been difficult to consider a discarded flowerpot as electronic waste. But with our continuous technological evolution – including digital, self-watering plant pots – even ordinary products are being transformed. And the amount of e-waste is growing. […]
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- Incorporating social inequalities into climate risk analyses offers a more just consideration of the vulnerabilities of different communities.
- The global discourse on gender equality has gained momentum, shifting its focus from empowering oppressed women to promoting social equality between men and women. Yet gender inequalities are persistent in every society.
- In the digital era, corporate digital competitiveness is on the utmost agenda of firms and policymakers globally. Luring foreign direct investment (FDI) into the digital economy is a crucial tool.
- Financial intermediary loans can improve access to finance, enhance financial system stability, lead to private sector-driven and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty.
- Significant disparities persist in women’s participation in the labor market and access to financial resources in the Pacific. A comprehensive approach to improving data, expanding financial inclusion, and promoting gender equality in the workplace is needed.
- In the Pacific, governments and their partners must collaborate with utilities to ensure they can sustain their operations financially while delivering accessible, high-quality water services to everyone.
The latest issue of the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies explores innovations for networks to achieve high performance, energy efficiency, and security while serving a diverse range of devices. The new issue continues the ITU Journal’s coverage of the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and automation on communications and networking. […]
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