This presentation deals with the increasing trend globally of obesity in children and adults. Overnutrition is overtaking undernutrition in many low middle income countries (LMICs)

When China launched an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon in January 2007 to destroy one of its inactive weather satellites, most reactions from academics and U.S. space experts focused on a potential mili

CIO Strategies for Consumerization: The Future of Enterprise Mobile Computing

Just short of 40 % of Africa’s population lived in cities at the end of 2010, making it the world’s least urbanised region. This figure will increase dramatically in the coming decades, a trend that

Africa’s cities are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Creating low carbon economies is the only way to meet climate challenges while addressing broader developmental concern

Discusses sustainable development in cities with Lagos in Nigeria as example and focusing on the continent’s effort in improving urban slums by the reduction of urban poverty.

Cities of Opportunity 2012 analyzes the trajectory of 27 cities, all capitals of finance, commerce, and culture—and through their current performance seeks to open a window on what makes cities funct

In this report, PwC looks at the solutions and approaches taken by cities from around the world and presents the insights, successes and good practices to learn from the experiences in various countr

Youth are key to the prosperity of cities in the developing world, yet many barriers—most notably under and unemployment and a lack of access to basic services such as healthcare and education—preven

The process of producing the City of Nairobi Environment Outlook Report was a participatory one and is a reflection of the institutional arrangements necessary for the sustainable management of the e