The informal sector and universal health coverage: crucial considerations [PDF]
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/publications-library/issues-in-brief/issues-in-brief-no-37-june-2019/Published ...
Were, Lawrence P.O.
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The BRICS and Africa's search for green growth, clean energy and sustainable development [PDF]
BRICSRenewable energyGreen economyAfricaSustainable development1. IntroductionThe BRICS economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) generated almost 23 percent of the world's GDP in 2015 and contributed over half of global economic growth ...
Gu, Jing, Renwick, Neil, Xue, Lan
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Chapter 5: Food Security [PDF]
The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail, consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the livelihoods of over 1 billion people.
Barioni, Luis G. +32 more
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NERC Briefing note: integrating NERC(BGS) subsurface environmental research and data to city development processes and policy: key learning outcomes [PDF]
This report summarises the midpoint findings of a three year NERC Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellowship examining how NERC(BGS) subsurface environmental data could have higher impact to city development processes, planning and policy.
Bonsor, H.C.
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D3.2. ENEON methodology for management and coordination and first plenary Workshop minutes [PDF]
The report on the ENEON plenary Workshop (WS2) will gather the minutes and all the information regarding the plenary. The workshops will also be used to build a collection of frameworks and best practices across domains and stakeholders that will be ...
ConnectinGEO +4 more
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Should we reconsider competition in residential electricity supply? Survey results in North Carolina [PDF]
Retail competition has been introduced in many states as part of electricity industry deregulation. Following problems in the electricity market in California in 2000/01 many states, including NC, put deregulation plans on hold.
Peter A. Groothuis, Tanga M. McDaniel
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Sustainability in the Age of Platforms. CEPS Special Report. June 2019 [PDF]
Over the past few decades, new digital platforms such as China’s Alibaba, Japan’s Rakuten and the U.S.’s eBay have grown from startups into multinational giants.
Baiocco, Sara +8 more
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2016 Annual Impact Investor Survey [PDF]
The sixth edition of the Annual Impact Investor Survey is based on an analysis of the activities of 158 of the world's leading impact investing organizations, including fund managers, foundations, banks, development finance institutions, family offices ...
Abhilash Mudaliar +2 more
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AI for the Common Good?! Pitfalls, challenges, and Ethics Pen-Testing
Recently, many AI researchers and practitioners have embarked on research visions that involve doing AI for "Good". This is part of a general drive towards infusing AI research and practice with ethical thinking.
Berendt, Bettina
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Financing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: A Rough Roadmap [PDF]
We regroup the main types of global development finance into three clusters: concessional public finance (including domestic taxes), public borrowing on market-related terms, and private finance.
Andrew Rogerson, Annalisa Prizzon
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