Tag: Economic development

Roads: An Essential Element of Development

map of Kenya showing roads

Roads data is critical to planning and development of rural transportation in developing countries, where better transportation systems can help improve livelihoods.

For Better or for Worse: A Decade of Global Environmental Performance Trends Examined

The Pilot Trend EPI was developed as a complement to the 2012 EPI.

The Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index (Trend EPI) ranks countries on improvement or decline in their environmental performance, over the past decade.

Making Connections: Schools Come Together Thanks to Exciting New Partnership

by | 1.15.2010 at 6:25pm

I am in Kumasi, Ghana, for the launch of a great partnership between Ericsson, the mobile phone giant; Zain, the 3-G broadband giant; the City of Kumasi; 18 Kumasi public schools; and the Millennium Cities Initiative. Ericsson and Zain are connecting these 18 schools to the Internet, the Mayor of Kumasi is donating computer labs [...]