Climate change is a global challenge, and it is clear that we are not doing enough. The G20 countries account for ~80% of the world’s CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) emissions. Each country’s contribution to CO2e emissions is shown in Figure 1. The world needs to do more in the fight against climate change. We requireContinue reading “Solution to reduce infrastructure’s contribution to CO2e emissions”
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Price guarantee to support COVID-19 vaccines
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious diseases caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, and has now infected 1.6 million individuals in 184 countries around the world (as of April 9, 2020). As Figure 1 shows, COVID-19 has disproportionately affectedContinue reading “Price guarantee to support COVID-19 vaccines”
Open communication as a public good
Telecommunication refers to the exchange of information by electronic and electrical means over a significant distance. There are two broad forms of telecommunication, as classified by the telecommunications (telco) industry: voice and data. Voice refers to the communication of sound over a distance using wired or wireless telephones and related technology. Data, as the nameContinue reading “Open communication as a public good”
Open source as a tool to improve agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Poverty continues to be a critical issue facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is the region that lies below the Saharan desert and includes 46 African countries; countries lying in North Africa are excluded. Estimates indicate that by 2030, despite improvements in the global fight against poverty, 9 of 10 extremely poor people will live inContinue reading “Open source as a tool to improve agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Open source to reduce educational inequality in the United States
Educational inequality refers to the unequal access to education. There are multiple drivers for such inequality: policy in government, difference in schools attended by the child, family’s socioeconomic status and the race & ethnicity of the child. This blog will focus on how the difference in schools attended by the child drives educational inequality. Further,Continue reading “Open source to reduce educational inequality in the United States”
How OSD and transactive energy will power the world
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts global energy demand to increase by 50% by 2050. This growth will primarily be led by growth in energy demand from Asia, with the continent’s population projected to account for 55% of the world’s population. Incumbent fossil fuel resources are unlikely to be the answer to meet this hugeContinue reading “How OSD and transactive energy will power the world”
How the WBG and the IMF have failed to reduce economic inequality
The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are amongst the most relevant and the most consequential multilateral organizations in the world aimed at reducing inequality. Their vast membership bodies mean that they govern the economic development of the world economy: the WBG and the IMF each have 189 countries as members.Continue reading “How the WBG and the IMF have failed to reduce economic inequality”
IP and OSD solutions compared
This blog seeks to compare intellectual property (IP) to open source design (OSD) as the two alternatives to determining the right-of-use of human-created solutions. What is intellectual property? IP refers to unique, value-adding creations of the human intellect that results from ingenuity, creativity and inventiveness. IP rights have been developed over the last 150 yearsContinue reading “IP and OSD solutions compared”
