Greening of China’s agriculture: a synthesis
This report reviews current agricultural policies in China and their role in support of China’s broader environmental goals. The policies reflect an expansion of agricultural policy objectives to better
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Circular economy in industrial parks: technologies for competitiveness
The circular economy is now at the forefront of the competitiveness agenda for various industrial sectors, industrial parks, and firms. This report intends to provide practical recommendations on how industrial
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Africa's Pulse April 2021: Covid-19 and the future of work in Africa – emerging trends in digital technology adoption
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has been severe; however, countries are weathering the storm so far. Real GDP is estimated to contract by 2.0 percent in 2020—close to
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Technology and innovation report 2021
Recent developments in frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology, have shown tremendous potential for sustainable development. Yet, they also risk increasing
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The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 25.02.2021, notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics
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Analyzing the enabling environment to enhance the scaling of irrigation and water management technologies: a tool for implementers
Agricultural innovation scaling approaches tend to be empirical but do not sufficiently take into account the complex realities of ‘softer elements’ such as people, supply chains, markets, financing mechanisms,
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Assessing India’s productivity trends and endogenous growth: New evidence from technology, human capital and foreign direct investment
The study evaluates the role of R&D, human capital, and technology spillovers in influencing India’s long-run productivity growth. The primary contributions of the article are: analyzing the applicability
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Carbon capture, utilization, and storage game changers in Asia: 2020 compendium of technologies and enablers
This compendium showcases new and innovative low carbon technologies that have potential to be deployed in Asia and the Pacific. It features 10 technologies for capturing, utilizing, or storing carbon
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Intensification of climate-smart agriculture technology in semi-arid regions of India
Technology adoption has been proven to be an efficient way to improve agricultural productivity as well as farmers’ income across the semi-arid regions of the globe. However, an upcoming method to improve
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Technology and data governance in cities: Indian cities at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19
As a second wave of COVID-19 causes further economic and social disruption, smart data-driven cities, powered by smart infrastructure and solutions, are using data analytics and predictive modelling to
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Technology intensification and farmers’ welfare: A case study from Karnataka, a semi-arid state of India
Technology adoption has been advocated as an important way to improve agricultural productivity and welfare of farmers in the semi-arid regions across the globe. The Government of Karnataka implemented