Eye on the world

by | Feb 11, 2008


I’ve just come across Maplecroft maps. If you have a few minutes to spare, go and have a look. More than 30 different issues are already available. Some of the maps may be familiar to readers as they were developed for the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Network. Issues include aid, anti-corruption and transparency, child labour, child rights risk, conflict risk, digital inclusion, displacement, education, financial inclusion, growth competitiveness, HIV/AIDS, human rights risk, hunger, landmine risk, malaria, military expenditure, political risk, poverty, tuberculosis and water. Their movies on issues like global risk are good too.

Author

  • Charlie Edwards is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. Prior to RUSI he was a Research Leader at the RAND Corporation focusing on Defence and Security where he conducted research and analysis on a broad range of subject areas including: the evaluation and implementation of counter-violent extremism programmes in Europe and Africa, UK cyber strategy, European emergency management, and the role of the internet in the process of radicalisation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Iraq, Somalia, and the wider Horn of Africa region.

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