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Brazil Sees Surge in Uptake of Government Services Online
Covid-19 outbreak prompts citizens to rush to the platform, which has been expanded to support service provision during the crisis.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Responding to COVID-19 in the Developing World
The mass social distancing strategy being used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Europe doesn’t easily translate to a developing country like Bangladesh, which lacks the capacity to impose restrictions or provide a social safety net for the unemployed. We talked with Yale SOM development economist Mushfiq Mobarak about how he is repurposing his research infrastructure in Bangladesh to gather information and test approaches to spreading public health messages.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- South Asia
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Viewpoint: My Business Is ‘Essential.’ It Doesn’t Feel That Way.
The grocery check-out clerk, the child-care provider, and the gas-station attendant all have been asked to keep working in most places during the Covid-19 pandemic so that the police officer, the pilot, and the emergency-room nurse can get their jobs done.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- North America
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- employment
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Viewpoint: My Plan B for All the Big Corporate Bailout Proposals
At the heart of my Plan B bailout proposal is an intriguing and relatively new legal structure called a “benefit corporation.”
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- North America
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Viewpoint: Can Big Data Fight a Pandemic?
The COVID-19 crisis has intensified the debate over big data and privacy. Governments are pulling together data from public and private systems in order to predict and counter the spread of COVID-19. But setting aside privacy protections in a time of crisis could lead to new, permanent norms. We asked Yale SOM’s K. Sudhir about the role of India’s nationwide identity system, Aadhaar, and the use of big data around the world.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: COVID-19: Data for a Resilient Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) have unveiled an initiative to strengthen Africa’s data ecosystems in the face of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, global development
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Report: Renewable Energy Can Support Resilient and Equitable Recovery
The Global Renewables Outlook examines building blocks of an energy system along with investment strategies and policy frameworks needed to manage the transition. It explores ways to cut global CO2 emissions by at least 70 per cent by 2050. Furthermore, a new perspective on deeper decarbonisation shows a path towards net-zero and zero emissions. Building on five technology pillars, particularly green hydrogen and extended end-use electrification could help replace fossil-fuels and slash emissions in heavy industry and hard-to-decarbonise sectors.
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- Energy
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Can COVID-19 Catalyze Vietnam’s Digital Transformation?
Many of Vietnam’s swift and effective public health responses have been enabled by information technology.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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