... in development and poverty. Design/methodology/approach Built upon the concept of the systemic foresight methodology, the Scan‐4‐Light approach involves the integrated use of horizon scanning, network analysis and evolutionary scenarios combined with expert consultations and workshops. The study...

... organizations – IFTF created a public database of signals of innovation and disruption in the domain of poverty and social change. This signals database was used to build a visual map of catalysts for change, creating a simple hierarchy of four catalyst types, each containing four action zones and a pivotal...

... & Society, Journal of Technology Studies, Ethics and Infectious Disease, Nanotechnology and Society, Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water, and Converging Technologies for Human Progress. Globalization Poverty Human resource development Complexity...

... poverty in oil‐ and gas‐rich sub‐Saharan African countries is as dire as in other African countries without these resource endowments. A number of sub‐Saharan African countries hold large oil and gas resources, which are expected to underpin strong growth in their production and exports in the coming two...

... statement and selected recommendations to emerge from the “Foresight for smart globalization” workshop. Findings There is a need for change at all levels of governance to address the challenges of global poverty, and efforts are needed to foster and improve national foresight capacities...

... and politics, Magee claims, Popper asks us to subject bold new ideas to rigorous attempts at “error elimination in the light of experience”. Economic development Poverty In a seminar paper given in Alpbach, Austria, in 1958 Karl Popper [1] emphasized the importance of critical discussion...