Irina Bokova

Irina Bokova

Irina Bokova Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Knowledge is a catalyst for development. This stands at the heart of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – it is a core driver of all UNESCO’s work to...
Robin Mansell

Robin Mansell

Robin Mansell Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK If investment in digital networks and access to digital information is to support the sustainable development agenda, it must respect the aspirations...
Sarah Cummings

Sarah Cummings

Sarah Cummings  Knowledge for Development Partnership and Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands From my perspective, the SDGs are fundamentally flawed because they are not based on local realities and local knowledge. Although they present the...