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Center for International Relations
and Sustainable Development

A Better Way to Fight Modern Slavery

Human trafficking is big business. It generates profits of nearly $150 billion annually. Yet because it is a black market activity, it is extremely difficult to track. The 2016 Global Slavery Index, recently issued by The Walk Free Foundation, estimates there are 45.8 million victims of human traffi…

Mobile Broadband: A Game-Changer For Sustainable Development Goals

“Business recognizes we can make the world sustainable… and business can’t sit back and wait for government to set the rules. Business must lead.” There were the words of Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, who spoke at the United Nations Digital Medi…