The metaverse offers novel opportunities for retailers and their customers, but retailers need to be adequately prepared to overcome the challenges of new technology.
Innovation in food systems and agricultural research is critical for African countries.
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Even a cursory glance at earlier industrial revolutions will show that they have not been associated with the interests of the working or underclasses.
Our predictive skills are about as reliable as a crystal ball.
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In a remarkable extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election.
Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum founder, holds his book about the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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For consumers of Australia’s retail sector, choice and convenience will continue to emerge. For incumbents unable to deliver on these outcomes, the future is bleak.
Young Australians are in need of government policy reform if they are to find stable jobs in the future.
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Young Australian jobseekers are facing a difficult future due to the loss of many traditional entry-level positions to automation. A solution may lie in bold policy ideas.
Cities like Dhaka are internally diverse, even contradictory. Such variation extends to the types of economic activity that take place in them.
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A list of 10 new technologies poised to transform our lives provides a chance to think about any related risks sooner than later. Reconceptualizing “value” changes what responsible development means.
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world despite its ranking as one of the ‘least liveable’.
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Bringing significant benefits to an emergent middle class, Dhaka’s cultural, economic, environmental and political landscapes are being rapidly but unevenly transformed.
There is very little evidence that commodity producing countries diversify their economies by adding value to their raw materials.
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The downturn in the commodity boom will not automatically lead to diversification of Africa’s economies. This can only be achieved through a focus on creating learning economies driven by innovation.