As the world looks to slowly emerge from the grip of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and more than a year of associated border closures, travel restrictions, widespread shutdowns and other limitations on once-normal activities, the idea of a digital “vaccine passport” for COVID-19 is also gaining momentum. Rather than thinking about vaccine passports as … [Read more...] about What’s Really at Stake with Vaccine Passports
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Data for Better Lives
The 2021 edition of the World Development Report from the World Bank provides a blueprint on how to harness the power of data for development, to ensure no one is left behind. The report examines aligning data governance with the social contract, and moving toward an integrated national data system. Read the report at https://wdr2021.worldbank.org/ … [Read more...] about Data for Better Lives