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Getting people to pay their taxes or rent is not always straightforward. Could we use the novel solutions developed in some countries to collect tax and rent to help with…
Getting people to pay their taxes or rent is not always straightforward. Could we use the novel solutions developed in some countries to collect tax and rent to help with…
Reading about the smog in Singapore, and listening to the recent debates makes me wonder. The world seemed to treat this disaster as an unexpected happening, and urgent political discussions…
My relationship with Royal Philips goes back a long way. My father worked for one of their factories, and I was therefore eligible for a study grant from the “Philips van…
The latest issue 13 of “Making It” from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has the following illustration in one of its stories. The data came from the latest ICT report…
Today is World Environment Day – my very best wishes! Last month, 22 May was International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day). Earth Day takes place each year…
I was at the University of Bristol, in Southwest England, last week to give the 43rd Annual Convocation Lecture. Convocation is the University of Bristol’s alumni association, and it was…
The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda today released “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development,” a report which sets out a universal…
When I gave the Bristol University Convocation Lecture last week, my friends to took me for a walk in Leigh Woods Nature Reserve near Bristol. What a stunning sight it…
Did you know that the mountains above Montreux in Switzerland are one of the natural habitats of wild narcissus – the white variety of the daffodil ? In fact, from…
The world has created a number of international bio-diversity related Conventions, as a means to control degradation of the global natural environment. During recent discussions, the question was asked how…
