Digital tools to build a better world

Today, more than 65 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes and a record 141 million are in need of humanitarian assistance.

The causes vary from violent conflict to political upheaval to extreme weather patterns, but the human toll is often the same: families uprooted; children unable to attend school; people struggling to survive without shelter, food or clean water.

These immense challenges threaten decades of development progress – and it is ironic that we are facing them during the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a time when breakthrough technologies are developing rapidly and transforming the way we live, work and interact.