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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation
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Our global food system discards 46 million tonnes of fish each year. Why? Read more ...
Hakai
Jul 23, 2019
US employers, Indian employees—everybody wants a piece of Canada
More than six in 10 American employers consider Canada’s immigration policy to be more favourable than that of the US, and plan to expand...

RCS Ottawa
Jul 1, 2019
#Commonwealth Symposium on Climate Finance
70 participants at the #Commonwealth Symposium on Climate Finance supported a proposal to scale the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access...
@commonwealthsec
Jun 29, 2019


Mobile phone gender gap in low income countries is a $700 billion opportunity
The mobile gender gap not only reflects existing inequalities but could also compound them with millions of women “left behind as...
Quartz
May 12, 2019


Women, Business and the Law - 2019
Women are half of the world’s population so gender equality is a critical component of economic growth. We know that achieving gender...
World Bank
May 12, 2019


"Intelligence" the 4th Industrial Revolution
This narrative explores a story of transition focused on increased productivity (dehumanization of production) as we move from...
Quartz
May 12, 2019


Sustainable biodiversity?
"Up to a million of Earth's estimated eight million species face extinction, many of them in the coming decades." There are two big...
UN
May 6, 2019
Connected Women
Ending the mobile phone gender gap in low and middle income countries could add $700 billion or 0.7% in GDP growth in these countries...
GSMA
Mar 3, 2019
The advent of AI should push us to think harder of what makes us human
We’re scared that human jobs will be replaced by robots. But we’re still teaching kids to think like machines. Change the test, and...
Quartz
Mar 3, 2019
The End of Employees
Never before have big employers tried so hard to hand over chunks of their business to contractors. From Google to Wal-Mart, the strategy...
Wall Street Journal
Mar 2, 2019


“The city as growth machine.”
As residents of the biggest winners of the city lottery — San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Denver, Washington, D.C.— have found, a rich...
The Atlantic
Feb 26, 2019


Free Money Didn’t Help People Find Jobs, Finland Says
Finland, the first country in the world to trial a basic income at a national level, found that distributing free money to the unemployed...
Bloomberg
Feb 12, 2019


China is leaving the US in the dust on electric-vehicle chargers
China has zoomed ahead of other nations in the electric-vehicle market, selling more last year than all other countries combined....
MIT Tech Review
Feb 12, 2019


Self-driving cars could make city congestion worse
If you think traffic in cities is bad now, just wait until autonomous vehicles arrive, cruising around to avoid paying pricey parking...
MIT Tech Review
Feb 12, 2019


Apples iPhones fall flat in the worlds largest untapped market
With global smart phone sales flattening, Apple has looked to India for new growth, with little success so far. Read more #Newsletter #India
Wall Street Journal
Jan 19, 2019


China’s “debt-trap diplomacy” is under siege.
Indian commentator argues that for over five years, China’s belt and road initiative has offered funding for unsound projects to secure...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 18, 2019


The #Commonwealth
The #Commonwealth: 53 countries working together to: Promote #democracy Celebrate #diversity Boost #trade Promote #genderequality Create...
@commonwealthsec
Dec 18, 2018


RCSO 47th National Student Commonwealth Forum (April 27 - May 3, 2019)
Young leaders of tomorrow will build leadership skills, while discussing and learning about international affairs and the Commonwealth....

RCS Ottawa
Dec 3, 2018
Afrobytes London (Dec. 6)
The pan-African accelerator and lab will gather trailblazers in the African tech industry to discuss how blockchain and artificial...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 2, 2018


Close the persistent economic gap between men and #women
@PScotlandCSG has urged bold action to close the persistent economic gap between men and #women and help pave the way to achieving the...
@commonwealthsec
Nov 3, 2018
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