Which countries have the most innovative economies?
Find out in the latest Global Innovation Index Published by WIPO, in partnership with the Portulans Institute and the following corporate partners: The Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ecopetrol (Colombia) and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). It maps the state of innovation during a pandemic. Topics covered include R&D […]
Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019)
WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019) A rich source of data published recently by the World Meteorological Organization which gives overview of impacts from weather, climate and water extremes globally from 1970 to 2019 based on disaster data from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT). There […]
Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker
Central Bank Digital Currency TrackerCreated and maintained by the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, the tracker provides information on 81 countries whose central banks have adopted/implemented any form of digital currency. It has a map information on plans, pilots and cancellations.
Digital Library of the Caribbean
Digital Library of the Caribbean: https://www.dloc.com/ – “a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.” An extensive collection of primary source material contributed by a range of partner institutions. Topics covered include Economics, Politics, Race, Class, Gender, Religion, Language, Literature, Slavery and resistance and Culture.
Afrobarometer SDG Scorecard series
Launched recently by the Afrobarometer public opinion polls, the scorecard series allows African citizens in individual nations to score their own country on how well they think it is doing in terms of sustainable development goals. These can then be compared with the official progress reports on the UN website.
The UK’s humanitarian aid cuts
There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget. For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources: The 0.7 percent aid target – Commons Library briefing paper Reducing the UK’s aid spending in 2021 – Commons Library briefing paper Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020 OECD […]
Useful WTO links
WTO’s General Council ePortal (GCeP)Includes information on all issues raised and discussed by the World Trade Organisation since 1995 with links, where possible, to associated documents and decisions, either issued as separate documents or recorded in the minutes of the General Council. WTO Trade Cost IndexNew from the WTO, The WTO Trade Cost Index […]
SDG Investor Platform
On 14 April 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance launched the ‘SDG Investor Platform,’ an innovative tool to facilitate private sector investments that contribute to furthering the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides case studies by country and sector and information about investment opportunities by country, […]
Integrated National Financing Framework Knowledge Platform
A global knowledge platform on Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF), jointly developed by DESA/FSDO, UNDP and the European Commission. An integrated national financing framework (INFF) helps countries strengthen planning processes and overcome country level barriers to financing sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It aims to help bridge the gap between national development plans and the […]
Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys. Are students taught reading strategies for assessing the credibility of sources? Is socio-economic status significant?
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