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Vaping – How Do Governments Respond?

The English Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2014 is ‘Vape’. The popularity of the word mirrors the increasing use of e-cigarettes over the last two years and represents a […]

Australia Updates Its Cybersecurity

The world of cybersecurity is in constant motion, something administrators forget at their peril. Making decisions, reaching agreement about the measures necessary to safeguard installations and populations – in other […]

The World Of Work 2030

The last year has seen a constant stream of data, reports and research on the future of work. The general conclusions have been remarkably similar: the world of work is […]

A World That Counts

A new report by the United Nations Independent Expert Advisory Group Secretariat is on ‘A Data Revolution For Sustainable Development’. As it says: ‘No one should be invisible’. The growth […]

Education – The Future?

Education has been one of the most hotly debated subjects around the world for decades but now there is a new element in the discussion – technology. The debate has […]

Ebola – Outbreak and Outcome

A new study by the IMF published in October highlights the economic concerns in sub-Saharan Africa over the effects of the Ebola crisis. The Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa projects […]

Gender Equality in Public Administration – What Happens Now?

The formal launch by the United Nations Development Programme of its report Gender Equality in Public Administration is already leading to calls for new partners to step forward   In […]

Why ‘Now is the time to prepare for the next crisis’

As we recently reported, growth in Sub-Sahara Africa is expected to reach nearly 5% in 2014, rising to possibly 6% in 2015. The figures in the African Economic Outlook look […]

US urges support for global food security programme

The US government has sent a letter to its international partners in the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), urging them to expand their support. The GAFSP was formed […]

Protecting nations, respecting rights

Ban Ki Moon has outlined the UN’s priorities in security sector reform. Here’s what he told the Security Council Reforms to national security in UN member states should keep clearly […]