Innovation Library

Amidst the challenges confronting agriculture in Europe and Central Asia, this casebook unfolds the stories of 25 farmers and agripreneurs who have successfully embraced digital technologies.

This Knowledge Brief outlines some of our learnings and insights from internal exploration and experimentation on CBDC interoperability with existing payment systems like fast payment systems (FPS).

This third report, a joint effort of the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), examines behavioral science as applied to the field of public health

This panel discussion on the future of the humanitarian system includes panelists Nathalie Olijslager, Director of Stabilisation and Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands; Gemma Connell, Chief of the Assessment, Planning & Monitoring Branch, OCHA; and Minako Manome, Head of Risk Anticipation Hub, UNDP. Moderated by Kareem Elbayar, Private Sector Unit Team Lead, OCHA.

This working paper explains what neurotechnology is and, through the lens of opportunities and risks, highlights current applications of neurotechnology involving children, and considers future and emerging uses.

Farm2Go is WFP's digital solution to support smallholder farmer programme activities.

Oky is a girl-centered digital solution for menstruation, sexual and reproductive health education and period tracking.

DGACM embarked on a journey to digitally transform intergovernmental services and unlocked a variety of new digital use cases.

The Migration Management Digital Maturity Assessment tool indicates a country’s digital maturity level, provides recommendations and tools for decisions makers

The State of Broadband annual report is a unique, global snapshot of broadband access, affordability, and use.

This session discussed how partnerships can enhance the impact of behavioural science applications, from local to global levels.

This session featured discussions with DCO, FAO, ICAO, IOM and UNESCO who shared their experiences starting with and progressing behavioural science application.

This session examined sustainability initiatives by OHCHR, UNEP, UNU, and the World Bank, utilising BeSci.

In this session, DPPA and OCT discussed behavioural science applications in the context of peace and security with Professor Mina Cikara (Harvard University) and Andrés Casas (Neuropaz).

This session showcased behavioural approaches to bridge this divide by the ILO and UNCDF including promoting social security registration of domestic workers and increasing savings through digital financial services.

This event highlighted strategies to address unequal social and gender norms. The World Bank provided guidance on how to apply a social norms lens to gender policy and interventions

This session highlighted experiences from DESA, DOS, DMSPC, IAEA and UNSSC applying behavioural science to change how organisations work.

This event explored the transformative role of AI in evaluation practices and its implications.

Presentations in this event discussed efforts of UNDRR, UNFCCC, UN Futures Lab, UN Global Pulse and WMU in combining these capabilities to create behaviourally-informed, resilient and anticipatory futures.

In this session, we took a tour discussing behavioural science insights with policy and programming applications, covering various topics from mega studies to habit formation with Professor Katy Milkman (University of Pennsylvania).

In this session, DPO spoke about using data science to identify inauthentic behavioural patterns in digital media data, such as signatures of malicious actors spreading harmful narratives

The UN Behavioural Science Review aims to enrich the discourse and provide a more holistic understanding of behavioural science's role in international development, as well as policy and programming broadly.

The High-level Opening session of the 2024 UN Behavioural Science Week discussed how UN Entities are and can further embed behavioural science into their work.

In this session, UNICEF highlighted initiatives to emphasise causal relationships in program evaluation. The IMF shared insights on overcoming behavioural barriers to adopting innovative data strategies.

This research conducted by UN Women and the UN University Institute in Macau (UNU Macau) examines the opportunities and risks of AI from a women, peace and security (WPS) lens in South-East Asia