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Innovation Library
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August 15, 2022
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Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Gealth
The report identifies the ethical challenges and risks with the use of AI of health, six consensus principles to ensure AI works to the public benefit, and includes recommendations to ensure the governance maximizes the promise of AI while holding all stakeholders accountable and responsive.
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
August 15, 2022
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Countering Terrorism Online with Artificial Intelligence - An Overview for Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism Agencies in South Asia and South-East Asia
This report serves as an initial mapping of AI, contextualizing use cases of the technology that could be deployed whilst juxtaposing this with challenges that authorities must overcome to ensure the use of AI is responsible and human rights compliant.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
August 15, 2022
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Global Cybersecurity Index 2020
The Global Cybersecurity Index helps to promote action towards secure digital ecosystems needed for recovery and growth.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
August 15, 2022
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Digital Public Goods Alliance 5 Year Strategy (2021-2026)
This 5 year strategy guides the Digital Public Goods Alliance and lays the groundwork for collaboration with governments, industry, the UN, civil society, and more.
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August 15, 2022
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How Big Data can Help us Understand the Gender Digital Divide for Girls
This paper describes key insights gained from analysing big data and discusses how big data can contribute to the body of evidence for the gender digital divide for adolescent girls.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
August 15, 2022
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What we Know about the Gender Digital Divide for Girls
This review summarises key data in adolescent girls’ access to and use of digital technology and highlights where more research is needed.
SDG 04: Quality Education
August 15, 2022
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Inclusive Digital Economies and Gender Equality Playbook
The Playbook is a practical guide to decrease the digital and financial divide for women, use technology to improve women’s economic opportunities, and transform women into builders of emerging digital economies.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
August 15, 2022
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Inclusive Digital Economies for the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper lays out the promise of digital technology and associated innovations in driving the inclusion and advancement of vulnerable populations.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
August 15, 2022
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Gender and Migration Data: A Guide for Evidence-Based, Gender-Responsive Migration Governance
The guide provides guidance on why it is important to promote gender-responsiveness when collecting, producing, using, analysing and disseminating migration data for policy – and how.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
August 15, 2022
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COVID-19 Innovation Report
Ranking COVID-19 innovation in 100 cities and 40 countries
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
August 15, 2022
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Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping
The overarching goal of the strategy is to enable missions to implement their mandates more effectively and to enhance the safety and security of peacekeepers by harnessing the potential of digital technologies as well as mitigating risks, while positioning peacekeeping to continue to evolve in its use of technology.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
August 15, 2022
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Civil Society Organizations' Cyber Resilience
An observation on how CSOs worldwide operate in a context of limited cyber resilience resources and capacity.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
August 15, 2022
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UN Innovation Update (Q3 2021)
Highlights from the innovation efforts of UN Entities in the third quarter of 2021.
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August 15, 2022
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Connecting Learning Spaces: Possibilities for Hybrid Learning
This report introduces a range of factors that should be in place in order for hybrid learning to be a viable option for students.
SDG 04: Quality Education
August 15, 2022
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Global Innovation Index 2021 - Tracking Innovation through the COVID-19 Crisis
The 2021 Global Innovation Index presents the global innovation ranking with a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on innovation.
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August 15, 2022
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Financing Universal Access to Digital Technologies and Services
This report rethinks funds as a concept, explores alternative models using a combination of monetary and non-monetary contributions and implementing innovative risk-mitigation mechanisms and financial solutions for smarter investments.
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August 15, 2022
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Digital Health Futures
This report summarises the survey findings from children and youth who shared how they use digital technologies for health and their views on the benefits and risks of digital technologies.
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
August 15, 2022
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Applying the Data Powered Positive Deviance Method to Identify Grassroots Solutions Using Digital Data
This report presents six learnings on how to use non-traditional data sources to support a Positive Deviance approach to development practice.
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August 15, 2022
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Digital Foundations: Digital Transformation and our Fight against Hunger
This report provides an overview of how digital innovation, technology and data analysis are foundational to WFP’s work in action – from the COVID-19 response to climate change, social protection, and conflict.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
August 15, 2022
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COVID-19 Data Collection Tool for Africa
The tool helps countries collect accurate and up-to-date social and behavioural data to inform their COVID-19 response.
SDG 03: Good Health & Well-Being
August 15, 2022
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Digital Agriculture Report: Rural e-Commerce Development Experience from China
This publication examines how rural e-commerce could advance the digital transformation of agri-food systems and discusses challenges encountered during the development of rural e-commerce.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
August 15, 2022
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Digital Solutions for a Circular Electronics Value Chain
The paper explores the applicability of digital technologies in enabling circular electronics value chains, and maps out digitalisation trends and use cases of digital technologies across the electronics value chain.
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August 15, 2022
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Digital Economy Report - Cross-border Data Flows and Development
The Report examines the implications of growing cross-border data flows, especially for developing countries, and proposes to reframe and broaden the international policy debate with a view to building multilateral consensus.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
August 15, 2022
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Financing the SDGs to build back better from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia & the Pacific
The report reviews a range of financing instruments, strategies and mechanisms to help economies recover from the pandemic and effectively pursue the SDGs; and deep dives on the role of innovative climate and digital finance strategies.
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SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
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