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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation


SELF-DRIVING CARS WILL IMPROVE OUR CITIES, IF THEY DON'T RUIN THEM
Incredibly, we might actually get a chance at a do-over — of our cities, our fossil fuel dependence, and the social contract with...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 21, 2016


A mobile app could make childbirth safer
A new mobile app could make childbirth safer in Ethiopia, home to one of the highest rates of maternal deaths in the world. “Safe...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 21, 2016


New book by the Commonwealth offers the inside track on public sector reforms
New book by the Commonwealth offers the inside track on public sector reforms in more than a dozen countries. Drawing on the experiences...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 19, 2016


Artificial Intelligence Is Predicting Human Poverty From Space
Getting aid to impoverished Africans is hard enough, what with blockades of bureaucracy and red tape. But in many African countries, bad...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 19, 2016


Commonwealth forum advances innovation and integrity in public service
If the world is to achieve ambitious goals to end poverty, reduce inequality and combat climate change, increased focus must be placed on...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 18, 2016


The Commonwealth can be a ‘pathfinder for the rest of the world’
Governments should adopt new and creative ways of governing in order to overcome concerns such as climate change and slow economic...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 18, 2016


To avoid another Brexit let’s stop treating citizenship as a birthright
Somewhere in the depths of the messy and multi-directional fallout of Brexit, an interesting counter-trend is crystallizing. Even as...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 18, 2016
Fostering Green Economies through Trade, Investment and Innovation - UNCTAD 14 Round Table
The greening of economies will require a transformation of consumption and production patterns. There is an urgent need to find new ways...
RCS Ottawa
Aug 10, 2016
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