Guest Contribution: Ahmad Ahsan Torrential downpours flooded huge swaths of Northern Pakistan in July; leading to nearly 50 deaths and damage and destruction to residences, infrastructure, and crops. These rains came atop the monsoon season, which historically has been the harbinger of flooding for decades. Over to the East, monsoon fueled storms and floods haveContinue reading “Get water shoes? climate change heightens ‘flood risk’ in Pakistan”
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Beti (Daughter) | Sustainabilitea with Ramma Shahid
In this new series, Green Box invites changemakers for sustainabilitea with co-founder Mohsen Gul. Mohsen poses candid questions about their motivations, experiences and hurdles. Our next guest is Ramma Shahid Cheema, founder of a media and advocacy campaign ‘Beti (Daughter)’ targeting misogyny and gender discrimination rooted in the cultural system in Pakistan. Mo: WhyContinue reading “Beti (Daughter) | Sustainabilitea with Ramma Shahid”
Water on Wheels | Sustainabilitea with Bilal Bin Saqib
In this new series, Green Box invites young changemakers for sustainabilitea with Co-founder Mohsen Gul. Mohsen poses candid questions about their motivations, experiences and hurdles. Our first guest is Bilal Bin Saqib, an emerging thought leader who has co-founded Tayaba.org which aims to improve the lives of millions of unprivileged Pakistanis by providing effective solutionsContinue reading “Water on Wheels | Sustainabilitea with Bilal Bin Saqib”
Is Artificial Intelligence the frontier solution to Global South’s wicked development challenges?
Co-authored with Mohsen Gul (University of Nottingham). This is based on research conducted for UNDP Innovation Unit Africa. For the purpose of this article, the Global South refers to countries in Africa, Latin America, and developing Asia including the Middle East. 1 Current Landscape To date almost all of research work has been focused onContinue reading “Is Artificial Intelligence the frontier solution to Global South’s wicked development challenges?”
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Want to Fix the Development Sector? Stop Calling it “Development”
Anika Manzoor points out in this article for Harvard Kennedy Review that the fundamental problem with international development is that, as a Western invention, it inherently reinforces the existing power dynamics between the colonized and the colonizer. //cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js
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