Breakthrough : the promise of frontier technologies for sustainable development /: the promise of frontier technologies for sustainable development. ([2022])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur, and Izumi Ohno, editors.
• Editors: Kharas, Homi J, 1954-; McArthur, John W; Ohno, Izumi
• Contents: Breakthroughs: Why We Need Them for Sustainable Development / Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur, and Izumi Ohno -- Breakthrough Technologies for Pandemic Preparedness / Yolande Botti-Lodovico and Pardis Sabeti -- Fixing the Real ""World Wide Web"": Breakthroughs at the Interface of Food, Agriculture, and Large-Scale Computation / Zachary Bogue -- Too Cheap to Meter: The Promise of Unstored Solar Power / Vijay Modi -- Interspecies Money / Jonathan Ledgard -- Predictable Disasters: AI and the Future of Crisis Response / Tarek Ghani and Grant Gordon -- How AgriTech Is Transforming Traditional Agriculture in Emerging Markets: ""Think Big, Act Fast, Start Small" / Lesly Gom -- Eyes on the Planet: Toward Zero Deforestation / Hiroaki Okonogi, Eiji Yamada, Takahiro Morita -- Redefining the Smart City for Sustainable Development / Tomoyuki Naito -- How Digital Systems Will Transform the Future of Money and Development / Tomicah Tillemann -- A Short Story of Transmediary Platforms / Bright Simons -- Unleashing Meaningful Breakthroughs / Ann Mei Chang.
• Publisher Details: Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 303.483; Technological innovations; Sustainable development; Innovations; Développement durable; sustainable development; Sustainable development; Technological innovations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815739661; 0815739664
• Related ISBNs: 9780815739654; 0815739656
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