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What to watch for at the 2024 UN General Assembly
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened last week in New York City. As world leaders come together to discuss how to make progress on intertwined global challenges, these are the issues experts from the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings will be watching closely.
Ukraine: Digital government is central to resilience
Facing an existential threat to its sovereignty, Ukraine has demonstrated the essential role of e-government—built on foundational digital infrastructure—in bolstering not only government efficiency but also national resilience.
Ukraine: Digital resilience in a time of war
Context As of the end of 2023, some 14 million Ukrainians had fled their homes since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022—5.1 million internally and 6.2 million throughout Europe.1 This represents the largest human displacement crisis in the world today.
Brazil’s G20 opportunity: A consensus on digital data
Last month, India passed the baton of the G20 presidency to Brazil after a record year of elevating the importance of digital public infrastructure (DPI)—an approach to designing and governing foundational systems to maximize inclusion, innovation, and availability of digital capabilities. Brazil’s assumption of the G20 presidency marks an opportunity to advance the momentum to ensure digital technology and data sharing effectively meet the needs of the Global South. Why the G20?
Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure: What it Means - and Why it Matters - to Businesses and Governments in Emerging Markets
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A PACT to sustain digital public infrastructure for the SDGs
Digital technologies can accelerate achievement of the SDGs but only if governments act now to make trusted digital infrastructure universally available. For years digital capabilities have been described as enablers of progress; they are a key reason seven indicators across four SDGs relate to digital capabilities. But here at the halfway mark, meeting the SDGs remains elusive. Digital must again be put forward as an important means to fast-track progress.
Digital public technology can help drive sustainable development progress Original
Digital technology is receiving growing attention in international dialogues on global prosperity and stability. In August 2021, the G-20 digital ministers identified ways digitalization can enhance the ability of the economy and government to contribute to a “resilient, strong, sustainable, and inclusive recovery” following COVID-19.
Opinion: Is data becoming the 21st century’s resource curse?
In its first year of producing its own films and television shows, Netflix became the first streaming service to win a Primetime Emmy Award. In the nine years since, it has won 16 Academy awards and over 100 Primetime Emmys, rivaling HBO’s record accumulated over decades.
How can digital public technologies accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals?
Executive summary Rapid shifts in digital technologies are changing the context for pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the best cases, these technologies have contributed to massive improvements in access to public services and economic opportunities for millions of people. In the worst cases, they have opened the door to new forms of government surveillance, exacerbated inequalities, and encouraged social divisions.
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