We often marvel at the sheer power of supercomputers machines capable of running trillions of calculations per second to model climate change, simulate the human brain, or predict the path of a hurricane. But the hardware is only half the ...
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Global Services trade growth slows in first quarter of 2025
SWITZERLAND, August 5, 2025 – Global services trade growth slowed in the first quarter of 2025 to 5% year-on-year, roughly half the pace recorded in both 2024 and 2023. The appreciation of the US dollar against the euro and other ...
Read More »World Bank Group Strengthens Procurement Requirements to Support Job Creation, Skills Development
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2025 – The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries by requiring companies working on World Bank-funded projects to include local labor participation in civil works contracts. Under ...
Read More »ILO welcomes G20 targets on youth and gender equality
GEORGE, August 1, 2025 – At the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in George, South Africa, ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo, welcomed the adoption of new commitments to address labour market inequality and advance social justice through decent work. ...
Read More »Gecko Robotics: The Wall-Climbing AI Machines Revolutionising Infrastructure Inspection
25 July 2025 Gecko Robotics is an example of ‘technology convergence’, which is when multiple technologies combine to create new capabilities that generate compounding effects and give rise to new industries and business models. Read it here: https://ow.ly/Rucy50Ws6A6
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