Electric vehicle disrupts labour-based value chain

In 2018, around 86 million cars, predominantly gasoline-powered, were sold in the top 54 world markets. Although global car and light commercial vehicle sales in 2018 contracted by 0.5 per cent, electric car sales grew by 75 per cent. Environmental issue has been a major limiting factor to the expansion...

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Sharing private data for public good

After Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, the direct-mail marketing company Valassis shared its database with emergency agencies and volunteers to help improve aid delivery. In Santiago, Chile, analysts from Universidad del Desarrollo, ISI Foundation, UNICEF, and the GovLab collaborated with Telefónica, the city's largest mobile operator, to study...

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