Priya Vora

Sep 19, 2024 | brookings.edu | Brahima Coulibaly |Landry Signé |George Ingram |Priya Vora

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened last week in New York City. As world leaders come together to discuss how to make progress on intertwined global challenges, these are the issues experts from the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings will be watching closely.

Feb 7, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram |Priya Vora

Facing an existential threat to its sovereignty, Ukraine has demonstrated the essential role of e-government—built on foundational digital infrastructure—in bolstering not only government efficiency but also national resilience.

Jan 30, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram |Priya Vora

ContextAs of the end of 2023, some 14 million Ukrainians had fled their homes since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022—5.1 million internally and 6.2 million throughout Europe.1 This represents the largest human displacement crisis in the world today.

Jan 9, 2024 | brookings.edu | George Ingram |Priya Vora

Last month, India passed the baton of the G20 presidency to Brazil after a record year of elevating the importance of digital public infrastructure (DPI)—an approach to designing and governing foundational systems to maximize inclusion, innovation, and availability of digital capabilities. Brazil’s assumption of the G20 presidency marks an opportunity to advance the momentum to ensure digital technology and data sharing effectively meet the needs of the Global South. Why the G20?

Apr 5, 2023 | brookings.edu | Priya Vora |George Ingram

Digital technologies can accelerate achievement of the SDGs but only if governments act now to make trusted digital infrastructure universally available. For years digital capabilities have been described as enablers of progress; they are a key reason seven indicators across four SDGs relate to digital capabilities. But here at the halfway mark, meeting the SDGs remains elusive. Digital must again be put forward as an important means to fast-track progress.