Zia Khan

A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Making human waste a resource at scale

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Letitia Obeng, and Jennifer Sara

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 12, 2021: An exhibition at an international congress titled Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare. Sechenov Digital Health Summit held by the Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare research center as part of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.No use Russia.

Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Steve Davis, and Pardis Sabeti

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

A “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance

Amar Bhattacharya, John Podesta, Zia Khan, and John W. McArthur

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Women carries mangrove saplings for plantation in the riverside in the Sundarbans. (Photo by Sudip Maiti/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Investing in nature to protect and benefit people

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Rosina Bierbaum, and Richard Florizone

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Stack of business newspapers

Business journalism as a lever for SDG accountability

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Matthew Bishop, and Raj Kumar

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

A tractor works in a field in Qiqihar city, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, 1 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Optimizing the “True Cost/True Value” of food

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Jane Maland Cady, and Pradeep Prabhala

Thursday, December 9, 2021

ATTENTION EDITORS - EMBARGOED TO 0401 GMT JUNE 11, 2021 A Stellantis assembly worker works on assembling the 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L at the Detroit Assembly Complex - Mack Plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Metrics for job quality, mobility, and equity

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Marcela Escobari, and Ethan Rouen

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

A sex worker holds a placard during a gathering to mark the "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons" organized by "Maiti Nepal", a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to help the victims of human trafficking and orphanage home for HIV-affected children and women. The "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons" is celebrated worldwide on July 30th. (Photo by Sunil Pradhan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The fight against forced labor and modern slavery

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Kristen Leanderson Abrams, and Carsten Stendevad

Thursday, December 2, 2021