The Horizon Report 2011
A report on new and emerging technologies and their potential impact on and use in the education field. This report is a collaborative work between the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and the New
Organisation: The New Media Consortium, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
Publish Date: 2011
The Human Core of the SSPs: Population Scenarios by Age, Sex and Level of Education for all Countries to 2100
This paper applies the methods of multi-dimensional mathematical demography to project national populations based on alternative assumptions on future, fertility, mortality, migration and educational
Organisation: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Publish Date: 2013
The impact of EPAs on the integration process and intra-regional trade in West Africa
Organisation: University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Publish Date: 2009
The impact of foresight on innovation policy-making: recent experiences and future perspectives
In this article, the authors look specifically at one of the policy domains where foresight has become more prominent: innovation policy.
Organisation: Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences & Austrian Institute of Technology
Publish Date: June 2010
The Impact of Obesity on the South African Economy
The prevalence of overweight and obesity escalated over the past 30 years worldwide in adults, children, and adolescents. Estimates are that 26% of the global adult population is either overweight or
Organisation: University of Stellenbosch
Publish Date: 2009
The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa
This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa.It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well askey opportunities and potent
Organisation: Sida
Publish Date: May 2010
The Inventions of African Identities and Languages: The Discursive and Developmental Implications
The paper discusses the challenges of analysing African identities and languages and the discursive and developmental implications of the notion that both "Africa" and African languages are invention
Organisation: Pennsylvania State University
Publish Date: 2006
The Law of the Future and the Future of Law
The book forms part of a broader initiative to encourage prospective thinking in the legal sphere. The basic premise of this initiative is quite straight forward: while prospective thinking in the re
Organisation: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Publish Date: 2011
The Lights in the Tunnel - Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future
What if technology progresses to the point where a substantial fraction of the jobs now performed by people are instead performed autonomously by machines or computers? Is that likely, or even possib
Organisation: Martin Ford
Publish Date: 2009
The Maharastra Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
The EGS guarantees that every adult who wants a job in rural areas will be given one, provided that the person is willing to do unskilled manual work on a piece-rate basis. The piece-rates are fixed
Organisation: Economic Policy Research Institute
Publish Date: 2010