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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

However, developing countries may not be able to take advantage of these opportunities unless their national governments and the international community take decisive action. Developing countries must capture more of the value being created in this technological revolution to grow their economies.”

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New Report Highlights Concerns About Dwindling Working-Age Populations

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the working age population of the world will change considerably, with immigration likely to be required to sustain things in many developed countries. It is imperative that women’s freedom and rights are at the top of every government’s development agenda.” ” Population changes. . ” Population changes.

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New Report Explores The Changing Nature Of R&D

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of GDP on research and development by 2027. Alas, a new report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) suggests that at the current rate, this mark won’t be reached until 2053, which would represents an overshoot of some 26 years! The UK government has recently set an ambitious target of spending 2.4%

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Research Explores Seven Trends Shaping Our World

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A recent report from Australia’s National Science Agency explores some of the wider trends that underpin life today, and will shape it in the future. The report builds on a previous paper from the same team that was published in 2012, called Our Future World , which also examined future megatrends. Climate crisis.

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Employee Reskilling Is The Answer to the Talent Shortages At Work

HR Digest

PR Newswire recently reported on a study by PeopleScout and Spotted Zebra that found that 9 out of 10 HR leaders believed that employee reskilling would be necessary for 50 percent of their workforce. Despite this high percentage and strong belief, however, only 7 percent of them reported existing investments in reskilling programs.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

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Last year online learning platform Coursera released their first Global Skills Index to try and understand the changing nature of skills development around the world. The first notable trend from the report was the relative insulation provided by high skills to the impacts of Covid-19, both from an individual and organizational perspective.

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London Ranked As The Smartest City In The World

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A few years ago a report from the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) found that the public is not really sold on the benefits of smart cities, due in large part to confusion about just what the term means and precisely what makes a city smart (or not).