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The Innovation Dividend
by Regional Innovation Centre UNDP Asia-Pacific
The Innovation Dividend explores how innovation in society and government are paying off. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be exploring how ‘policy frontliners’ are innovating in real-time and asking which of these changes and “raw learnings” might become part of our new normal. Brought to you by UNDP’s Regional Innovation Centre for the Asia-Pacific.
Episodes
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The green stimulus programme planting 10 billion trees and creating jobs
While so much of the global conversation about climate change supposes slowing economic growth, Pakistan is showing us how investing in the environment isn't just a source of economic growth — it can provide employment to those who have lost jobs during COVID-19. We speak with Naheed Shah…
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The political will to transform a city
Freetown, Sierra Leone has put in place an ambitious transformation plan that increases property tax revenues five-fold while reducing the tax burden on the poor, increases vegetation coverage by 50%, and much more. We hear from Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr about how these ambitious goals were set…
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A COVID cash transfer programme in Togo that gives more money to women
Togo built a fully digital cash transfer programme serving over 12% of the population from scratch in just 10 days in response to COVID-19. The programme pays out more to women than to men and it has successfully reached out to vulnerable populations by doing some very non-digital things. We…
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Setting up the world's first digital senate in Brazil
COVID-19 has prevented or delayed legislators from meeting in a number of countries at a time when they have been most urgently needed. Ilana Trombka, the Director General for the Federal Senate of the Brazilian Congress had the Senate ready to work digitally a mere 8 days after COVID-19 was...
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Behind the scenes when a government goes all-out to combat poverty
Pakistan's Ehsaas programme is providing cash transfers to 9 million families. We get a behind-the-scenes look at putting together the Pakistan government's largest operation from Dr. Sania Nishtar, founder of the programme and special assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on poverty...
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The Innovation Dividend explores how innovation in society and government are paying off. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be exploring how ‘policy frontliners’ are innovating in real-time and asking which of these changes and “raw learnings” might become part of our new normal. Brought to you by UNDP’s Regional Innovation Centre for the Asia-Pacific.
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Regional Innovation Centre UNDP Asia-Pacific
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The Innovation Dividend explores how innovation in society and government are paying off. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be exploring how ‘policy frontliners’ are innovating in real-time and asking which of these changes and “raw learnings” might become part of our new normal. Brought to you by...
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