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Infectious disease outbreaks are increasing in both severity and frequency.

Smallholder farmers in developing countries, particularly marginalized and women-headed families, face significant challenges due to climate change.

Artificial intelligence (AI), when combined with other technologies, could play an essential role in helping countries in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve their development goals.

Globally, the world has embraced the promising impact of digital and online technologies, acknowledging how these technologies have played a huge role towards enhancing access to information, strengthening democracy and protecting human rights.

According to the World Health Organization, about one billion people in lower income countries are served by health-care facilities with unreliable electricity supply or with no electricity access at all.

In Kenya, school feeding contributes to enhanced school attendance, improved nutrition and higher test scores among learners.

The circular economy refers to a model of production and consumption that involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.

Technologies applied to the school environment have long held promise for educational improvement in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

There is a need for new knowledge and enhanced research capacity to understand, identify and enable urban resilience to climate change in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).

The proliferation of disinformation, which has a global reach, poses a growing challenge to societies worldwide, disrupting social cohesion, fostering political polarization and undermining democratic institutions.

In Zambia and Malawi, school feeding programs based on local food procurement are building bridges between rural food system actors where food is produced and the urban areas where most students receive school meals.

In South Sudan, which has undergone prolonged war and strife in the last decade, 63% of teachers lack formal training and have insufficient support to accomplish their duties effectively.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize various sectors critical to poverty reduction, inclusion and the public good, including agriculture, health care and education.