Empowering Women by Upgrading Local Training Institutions
Empowering Women by Upgrading Local Training InstitutionsAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Inequality between men and women remains one of the most critical sources of low economic productivity in...
View ArticleThe Stage 2 "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records' Proposed Rules: No...
The Stage 2 "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records' Proposed Rules: No SurprisesAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Late in the day on February 23, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
View ArticleInnovation and the Wealth of Regions
Innovation and the Wealth of RegionsAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The world is awash with reports that rank the competitiveness of nations in the global economy. These reports are compiled by...
View ArticleChina, Fiber, Fracas
China, Fiber, FracasAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Via Dave Burstein comes the news that China is adding 2-3 million people to online connections a month. I’ve heard elsewhere that China plans to have...
View ArticleIs There a National Security Crisis in U.S. Education?
Is There a National Security Crisis in U.S. Education?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Last month the Council on Foreign Relations published a report co-authored by Joel I. Klein and Condoleezza Rice,...
View ArticleExporting Our Future
Exporting Our FutureAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00We all know the United States has a jobs crisis. President Obama further acknowledged it when he made manufacturing a top priority in this year’s...
View ArticleThe Cloud: Private as Curbside Garbage?
The Cloud: Private as Curbside Garbage?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00It is no surprise to those following consumer or enterprise computing that we are moving inexorably towards the cloud. The...
View ArticleA U.N. Takeover of the Internet: Existential Threat or Tempest in a Teapot?
A U.N. Takeover of the Internet: Existential Threat or Tempest in a Teapot? AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Experts disagree whether an upcoming meeting of the International Telecommunications Union in...
View ArticleHistory as Innovation: The Intellectual Legacy of Eric Hobsbawm
History as Innovation: The Intellectual Legacy of Eric HobsbawmAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 Historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012), who passed away this week, will be remembered by many for his...
View ArticleWhy We Need Innovation To Prepare For The Global Aging Society
Why We Need Innovation To Prepare For The Global Aging SocietyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 A startling new United Nations Population Fund report projects that in 2050 there will be more people...
View ArticleAfrica and Obama: What the Continent Should Do in His Second Term
Africa and Obama: What the Continent Should Do in His Second TermAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 Euphoria swept across Sub-Saharan Africa when Barack Obama was elected the first black president of...
View ArticleSandy Turned off the Lights, the Phones, and the Heat
Sandy Turned off the Lights, the Phones, and the HeatAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00A cyber attack could make it all happen again. Verizon's chief technology officer surveyed a flooded major switching...
View ArticlePrivacy and Whole Genome Sequencing
Privacy and Whole Genome SequencingAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 The price of sequencing your whole genome is dropping so rapidly that it soon may cost about $1,000 to know your entire genetic...
View ArticleKilling Program Access and Broadband Competition
Killing Program Access and Broadband CompetitionAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Another Friday filing by the FCC: 146 pages on program access. It’s a classic on-the-one-hand-on-the-other item. This...
View ArticleACA - Where from Here?
ACA - Where from Here?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00By my count, [our recent] national election was the third near-death experience faced by the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare, ACA). The first...
View ArticleCap-and-Trade, Carbon Taxes, and My Neighbor’s Lovely Lawn
Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Taxes, and My Neighbor’s Lovely LawnAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00A Challenge for Climate Negotiators, and an Opportunity for Scholars The recent demise of serious political...
View ArticleBiotechnology and Africa’s Strategic Interests
Biotechnology and Africa’s Strategic InterestsAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00(Cross-posted from Global Food for Thought) Global food politics are riddled with paradoxes. While threats to global food...
View ArticlePersecuting Biotechnology
Persecuting BiotechnologyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In a widely circulated speech, UK environmental activist Mark Lynas has apologized for his past history of demonizing transgenic crops and...
View ArticleHow Young Engineers Will Mold the Future
How Young Engineers Will Mold the FutureAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In a provocative article, the Economist recently asked whether new technology had stopped driving the world economy. The article...
View ArticleDevelopment: Learning from Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew
Development: Learning from Singapore’s Lee Kuan YewAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 When history is said to repeat itself, it is never for good reasons. George Bernard Shaw captured this when he...
View ArticleRIP: The Basic/Applied Research Dichotomy
RIP: The Basic/Applied Research DichotomyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00From the current Issues in Science and Technology: "U.S. science policy since World War II has in large measure been driven by...
View ArticleTechnological Somnambulism Revisited: Sleeping through the New Invisible...
Technological Somnambulism Revisited: Sleeping through the New Invisible Surveillance TechnologiesAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 A few months ago, I discovered that my excessive fatigue and uneasy...
View ArticleForging New Diplomatic Bonds Through Science and Technology
Forging New Diplomatic Bonds Through Science and TechnologyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Science and technology are being increasingly recognized as central features in international diplomacy. Much...
View ArticleAfrica’s Economic Growth Prospects
Africa’s Economic Growth ProspectsAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Africa’s economic growth outlook has come into sharp focus recently. Some analysts have argued that claims about “Africa Rising” are a...
View ArticleMIT Technology Review's List of 50 Disruptive Companies, 2013
MIT Technology Review's List of 50 Disruptive Companies, 2013AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00From the MIT Technology Review: "This package is meant to capture the rich variety of ways that innovations...
View ArticleDeveloping Country Farmers Bridge the “Biotechnology Divide”
Developing Country Farmers Bridge the “Biotechnology Divide”AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00 Critics of agricultural biotechnology have long contended that it would not benefit farmers in developing...
View ArticleAfrica and Brazil at the Dawn of New Economic Diplomacy
Africa and Brazil at the Dawn of New Economic DiplomacyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In recent years the major focus of China’s engagement in Africa has been on economic diplomacy. Much of this...
View ArticleTechnology Trips Over Democracy in Kenya
Technology Trips Over Democracy in KenyaAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In a spectacular technological failure, Kenyan officials recently abandoned the electronic transfer of election results and...
View ArticleEngineering the Future
Engineering the FutureAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The rise of emerging markets is heralded as a force that will change the global balance of power. But behind the rise of the new economies lies a...
View ArticleKeeping the Internet Together through Technical Standards
Keeping the Internet Together through Technical StandardsAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The Internet is held together as a globally interoperable communications platform through its shared set of...
View ArticleWhy the Government Matters: A Primer for Data-Minded Entrepreneurs
Why the Government Matters: A Primer for Data-Minded EntrepreneursAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Washington can often be the last thing on an entrepreneur’s mind. And naturally so – the culture of...
View ArticleGlobal Grand Challenges for Engineering and International Development
Global Grand Challenges for Engineering and International DevelopmentAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In an increasingly technological world, engineers and engineering are assuming an increasingly...
View ArticleChange the Conversation, Change the Venue, and Change Our Future
Change the Conversation, Change the Venue, and Change Our FutureAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The Internet, together with the information communications technology (ICT) that underpins it, is a...
View ArticleAfrica's New Science and Innovation Agenda
Africa's New Science and Innovation AgendaAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00I am on my way back from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. This was a remarkable meeting with...
View ArticleDoctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Africa
Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Africa AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The global community is increasingly facing critical challenges in healthcare, energy, sustainability, and...
View ArticlePreparing Youth to Solve Global Grand Challenges
Preparing Youth to Solve Global Grand ChallengesAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In a bold move, the UK Government has announced the creation of a £1 million prize for a new “grand innovation...
View ArticleProtecting US Critical Infrastructure: One Step Forward for Cybersecurity,...
Protecting US Critical Infrastructure: One Step Forward for Cybersecurity, One Back?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Industrial control systems might be the most important technology that you have never...
View ArticleEngaging Global Diaspora Communities for International Development
Engaging Global Diaspora Communities for International DevelopmentAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Diasporas are communities of individuals who share a common heritage, yet are spread throughout the...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be an Engineer?
What Does It Mean to Be an Engineer?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Congratulations, engineering graduates! By completing this degree, you are becoming part of a very special group: you are becoming...
View ArticleDemocracy and the Necessity of Drones?
Democracy and the Necessity of Drones?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Earlier this month, Firmin Debrabander argued in the New York Times that drone warfare creates a democratic disconnect between the...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Africa's New Free Trade Area
The Benefits of Africa's New Free Trade AreaAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The creation in June 2015 of a free trade area from Cape Town to Cairo is possibly the most significant event in Africa since...
View ArticleWhy Study the Life Sciences?
Why Study the Life Sciences?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Today is a special day, not only because you are graduating, but also because you are entering the community of life scientists. Why pursue...
View ArticleStatement on Agricultural Biotechnology
Statement on Agricultural BiotechnologyAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00My work on agricultural biotechnology for Africa dates to the mid-1980s. My first major publication on the subject in 1989 was...
View ArticleAfrica's new harvest
Africa's new harvestAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The second edition of The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation has been released. The first edition of the book was published in 2011 as a memorandum...
View ArticleWhy executive leadership matters in African agriculture
Why executive leadership matters in African agricultureAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00In a poignant comment, Albert Einstein said that “an empty stomach is not a good political adviser.” African...
View ArticleHow Africa Is Shaping Its Relations with China
How Africa Is Shaping Its Relations with ChinaAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00For a summary of Prof. Juma's Twitter chat on this topic, click here. #AskCJuma. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is on...
View ArticleHow Africa can transition from extractive industries to learning economies
How Africa can transition from extractive industries to learning economiesAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00For a summary of Prof. Juma's Twitter Q&A on this topic, click here. #AskCJuma The current...
View ArticleAviation and logistics in Africa’s regional integration
Aviation and logistics in Africa’s regional integrationAnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00Africa’s regional economic integration represents the continent’s most ambitious political innovation since the...
View ArticleScientists can create malaria-proof mosquitoes – but is the world ready?
Scientists can create malaria-proof mosquitoes – but is the world ready?AnonymousThu, 09/08/2016 - 09:00The ability to edit the genetic code of organisms is hailed as one of the most profound...
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Paved With Good Intentions? France's Middle East Peace Conference
Paved With Good Intentions? France's Middle East Peace Conferenceliliana_harrin…Tue, 01/17/2017 - 09:44The Madrid peace conference in 1991 to launch comprehensive Arab-Israeli negotiations was a...
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