Artificial Intelligence makes the world go round, but who can govern it?
How can we exploit the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and ensure that the use of algorithms does not violate our rights or reinforce pre-existing inequities?
Getting a network of 51 think tanks to promote southern research together
We wanted to ensure that analysis on the COVID-19 pandemic produced within our network of 51 think tanks would have an impact beyond local contexts. Here’s how we did it, what the results were and what we’ve learned along the way.
Tourism in Ecuador: opportunities for recovery after COVID-19
Investment in the tourism sector is an effective catalyst for the economic and social reactivation of a territory after a crisis. These new resources can significantly reduce poverty and encourage entrepreneurship among vulnerable groups.
Southern Voice Network members kick start COVID-19 research projects
Six outstanding proposals have been selected to research responses to COVID-19. Teams come from across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Implementation progress of the SDGs: Sub-Saharan Africa regional survey
Africa accounts for a very large share of the global population facing mass poverty. As such, progress implementing the SDGs in this region will affect SDG implementation worldwide
The changing nature of poverty and growing inequality
Recent attempts to measure poverty have shown that it is much higher than estimates solely considering income. From 2008-2018, 23% of people in developing countries were multidimensionally poor.
A country at risk of being left behind: Bolivia’s quest for quality education
Bolivia is at risk of being left behind due to a severe lack of data on educational achievements in the past two decades.
How the research of Southern Voice think tanks is responding to COVID-19
At Southern Voice, we have been discussing internally ways in which we can engage our network to get a broad range of insights on the crisis from across the Global South.
Southern Voice kicks off ‘Decade of Action’ in Geneva with new findings
Southern Voice launched its Global Report on the State of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019 in Geneva-Switzerland on 23 [...]
Harnessing Innovative Data and Technology to Measure Development Effectiveness
Abstract In this study, the authors discuss and show how new kinds of digital data and analytics methods and [...]
