Meaningfully measuring performance is one of the hardest tasks for team managers in Agile environments. It is not only difficult, but most of the time, adopting ephemeral metrics can become ...

Software development and deployment cycles keep accelerating, thanks in large part to artificial intelligence (AI), which can generate code and make suggestions. Even with such hyper-productivity, IT ...

As the old saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. But of course, what you measure is important too. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how the World Bank Group ...

A new study by researchers from IIASA and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for the first time systematically explored and compared the use of the Human Life Indicator as a viable ...

Philippine Economy Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan highlights the critical role of science, technology, and innovation in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Eccles writes about sustainability in the capital markets. But what about investors? For them the problem is a more ...

UN DESA’s Statistics Division plays a vital role in collecting and analyzing data from around the world. On 28 February – 2 March, the 43rd session of the Statistical Commission will consider issues ...

THIS WEEKEND'S meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund take place as interest in the problems of poor countries grows. In the past few years, the annual summits of the Group of ...