The unemployment, underemployment, and exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labor market incur social and economic losses estimated at 3–7% of GDP in Africa and Asia (ESCAP, 2020). It is crucial to be mindful of these significant expenses and to incorporate disability inclusion while designing policies to support decent work and productive employment. The […]
The adoption of technologies is paramount for enterprises striving to gain a competitive advantage. Blockchain technologies have farreaching applications across many industries due to key features such as elimination of intermediaries, data security, and transparency. Adoption of blockchain technologies by the financial and banking sector shows that they are mature enough to be adopted by […]
UNCTAD defines creative industries as cycles of creating, producing, and distributing goods and services that use creativity and intellectual capital as primary inputs focused on but not limited to culture and heritage, generating revenue from trade and intellectual property rights. Such knowledge-based activities produce tangible goods and intangible intellectual or artistic services with economic value. […]
CBSA is a holistic approach that emphasizes the participation of local communities in the planning, implementation, and management of sustainable farming practices, based on the principle that communities are best equipped to understand and address their own agricultural needs (FAO, 2018). This approach offers a number of opportunities, such as protecting the environment by implementing […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the extensive worsening of food insecurity worldwide and threatens to create long-term malnutrition and negative health consequences. One major threat is the disruption of informal food chains and the limited efforts to-date of leveraging their resilience capacity (National Library of Medicine, 2020). Food supply chains in the informal sector play […]
