what made people liker jim kim and ban ki moon so inspiring
what on earth happens when 100 nations send senior bankers to invest in smething that the wset has not done sustainably in this 21st c
Sunday, December 31, 2017
2017 korea
apart from a 24 hour stopover in seoul en route to hokkaido 1989 my first korean trip 2017 - i wish i had gone a lot earlier but several urgent inquiries converged to make a deep learning experience possible
what made people liker jim kim and ban ki moon so inspiring
what on earth happens when 100 nations send senior bankers to invest in smething that the wset has not done sustainably in this 21st c
what made people liker jim kim and ban ki moon so inspiring
what on earth happens when 100 nations send senior bankers to invest in smething that the wset has not done sustainably in this 21st c
korea notes
Samsung files UK trademark for crypto wallet
Seoul, SOUTH KOREA – South Korean multinational conglomerate Samsung has filed a trademark in the United Kingdom which suggests that the electronics manufacturer might be planning to integrate a digital currency wallet into its mobile phones.
According to the trademark application submitted to UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on December 27, Samsung may be developing “computer software for use as a cryptocurrency wallet” and also designing software for “cryptocurrency transfer and payment using blockchain technology.”
Although the trademark filing does not include any details regarding Samsung’s crypto or blockchain-related plans, the “Classes and terms” section of the application suggests that Samsung may be developing “computer application software” specifically for smartphones, tablet computers, and portable PCs.
Samsung has gone on record saying that the safest device available for storing digital currencies is the smartphone. According to the electronics giant, “spendable” cryptocurrency may be securely stored on mobile phones because they use a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE).
As explained by Samsung in a blog post, the TEE runs in its own independent execution environment, so that its persistent storage (normally a hard disk drive) and random-access-memory (RAM) are separate from a mobile phone’s operating system (OS).
The smartphone manufacturer recommends that crypto wallet developers restrict and control access to the private keys associated with users’ funds by storing them in the TEE. Per Samsung, this ensures that “security is seriously tight” as it becomes practically impossible for malware programs to gain access to a user’s private keys.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
My Background
I was born in Seoul, South Korea, on 7 October, 1963 (there are stories about what life was like in South Korea in my youth in the Prologue of my book, Bad Samaritans). I came to the UK as a graduate student at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge in 1986. I earned my PhD in 1992. I have been teaching economics at the Faculty of Economics (as it is called now) and the Development Studies programme at the University of Cambridge since 1990.
I still keep my Korean nationality, but Britain is now my second home. I am still not convinced by the weather and cricket (as a good short-tempered Korean, I don’t have the patience for a game that lasts for five days), but I have come to like HP sauce and Branston pickle.
I live in Cambridge with my wife, Hee-Jeong Kim, and two children, Yuna, and Jin-Gyu, who sometimes feature in my writings, but with no dog (most British authors seem to live with a dog – or three).
If you want to know find out what some other people think of me please visit my wikipedia page
Welcome
I’ve set up this website, in addition to my university website, for people who want to know a little more about me.
I am afraid many of you may be disappointed. I don’t do extreme sports, I am not a hi-tech buff, I am not a secret expert on 18th-century maps, and I don’t even do gardening. Unless you are mainly interested in my economics, the only thing that is interesting on this website would be the section, ‘Non-economists I like to read’ under ‘Influences’.
Still, please enjoy the site. It would be at least more informative and interesting than my university website!
Recent News
14 July, 2020 A video discussion with Sphera, the sustainability consultancy, on ‘COVID-19, the Economic Depression and Environmental Sustainability’24 June, 2020 A video interview by the INET (Institute for New Economic Thinking) of Mohsen Javdani, introducing the paper that he has co-authored with me on ideological biases among economists (he is the lead author)22 June, 2020 A short video clip, titled, ‘The future of developing economies’ in the series, ‘The World after Coronavirus’ of the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University20 May, 2020 A video interview, ‘What can the Far East teach the world?’ for the CoronaNomics series by The Independent15 May, 2020 An interview in the RSA’s ‘Bridges to the Future – Response to Covid-19’ podcast series14 May, 2020 Quoted in the Financial Times article on ‘People’s vaccine’ (for Covid-19)7 May, 2020 A major interview on the Covid-19 crisis in the Korean newspaper, Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean)26 April, 2020 Interview on the COVID-19 crisis in the Chilean newspaper, La Tercera (in Spanish)24 April, 2020 Interview on the COVID-19 crisis in 2 parts in the Korean newspaper, Hankyoreh (in Korean)6 April, 2020 Two-part interview on COVID-19 and the global economic crisis in the Korean internet newspaper, ohmynews (in Korean – and in English)Media Highlights
Video interview on the British economy, with Owen Jones, in the GuardianAnimation on ‘Economics: The User’s Guide’ in the RSA Animate seriesArticle in the Guardian, ‘Making things matters. This is what Britain forgot’An article on ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ in the Guardian’s summer series, ‘A book that changed me’ .Article in the Guardian, titled, ‘ Why did Britain’s political class buy into the Tories’ economic fairytale?’Article (with Jonathan Aldred) in the Observer on reform of economics educationVideo of my talk, titled, ‘Economics – but not as you know it’ at the LSE on my new book, ‘Economics: The User’s Guide’On anchovies, aubergines, and unorthodox economics in the Diary in the Financial Times‘Lunch with the FT’ interviewConversation with Brian Eno, the musician, on economics and artWednesday, December 27, 2017
#BR1 vietnam city resilience
The violent storms that swept over the Philippines, China, and the southeastern U.S. seaboard earlier this month were a harrowing preview of extreme weather events that are likely to become more common as the 21st century unfolds. Cities in the paths of the storms lost power, water, and communications. Transportation networks were blocked. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Many who were affected by the storms may have to abandon their previous lives. Like last year’s Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, the storms also laid bare the crucial necessity of effective governance for disaster preparedness and response. As cities grow larger and more complex, planners are beginning to focus on their ability to maintain the intricate urban fabric of interdependent systems, services, and social relations in the wake of a disaster, what they term resilience. This fabric of interdependencies includes not just basic infrastructure, but ongoing human needs such as...read more
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Monday, December 25, 2017
Friday, December 22, 2017
japan super city region
x https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/latest/?type=tvEpisode&
one way to map japan is industrial tourism (IT) - more and more regions are proud of their artisan crafts and traditions - IT as nhk world calls it
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
ban ki moon forms sustainability dev hub in korea and citizen one in vienna next year - see todays dialogue cgtn
sad that climate finale in 2015 between 197 nations including 2 big ones china and us interfered with by trump
even pope francis has said anyone who doubts science of climate will be judged
cop24 bonne 20 countries led by canada declare end of coal by 2030
syria 7th year very painful for me - lack of all our leaders (narrow national spirit) - more than 5 million refugees - mainly taken on heroically by turkey, jordan ... few schools
kofi annan - dr brahimi, stefan d - biggest powers didnt want syria resolution
syrian people divided
countries in region now divided
the un itself is divided even on humanitarian resolutions
-all very disturbing even with continuing chemical weapons
is it time to adjust veto - reform security council to be more representative and transparent
problem no country thinking globally - in principle yes in detail no
reform beyond narrow national could have been done long time ago
kb is influential member of world leader alliance, club of madrid
25th anniversary of china and s korea relationship rok
possibly world's most vital friendship now jae-in and jinping
march forwad now
n korea become worst in world - broken trust of agreements 1991, 1994 ...
will you be special envoy us-n korea 1953 now?
sad that climate finale in 2015 between 197 nations including 2 big ones china and us interfered with by trump
even pope francis has said anyone who doubts science of climate will be judged
cop24 bonne 20 countries led by canada declare end of coal by 2030
syria 7th year very painful for me - lack of all our leaders (narrow national spirit) - more than 5 million refugees - mainly taken on heroically by turkey, jordan ... few schools
kofi annan - dr brahimi, stefan d - biggest powers didnt want syria resolution
syrian people divided
countries in region now divided
the un itself is divided even on humanitarian resolutions
-all very disturbing even with continuing chemical weapons
is it time to adjust veto - reform security council to be more representative and transparent
problem no country thinking globally - in principle yes in detail no
reform beyond narrow national could have been done long time ago
kb is influential member of world leader alliance, club of madrid
25th anniversary of china and s korea relationship rok
possibly world's most vital friendship now jae-in and jinping
march forwad now
n korea become worst in world - broken trust of agreements 1991, 1994 ...
will you be special envoy us-n korea 1953 now?
important jae-in visit to jinping this week - china south korea japan need to lead the world to both green , peace and youtheconomies - where else ca join in this most innovative triangle of all post industrial futures
Monday, October 23, 2017
qatar sheikha moza
Educationaboveall -with un and over 40 countries hub for refugee education
Qatar foundation including education city including women university
Silatech
Qatar: UN mission
Qatar: UN mission
At #SecondCommittee discussions, #QNV2030 & $20M pledge 2 support
Accelerator Lab Network were highlighted. Regionally & globally #Qatar based foundations contribute 2 achieving #SDGs.
offers quality education &
offers training & jobs opportunities
Bio from UN advocate sdgs
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser has played an active role in spearheading social and education reforms in Qatar and around the world for many years through her national and international development initiatives in education and youth development.
Internationally, Sheikha Moza works with the United Nations to support global education and other key areas of development for marginalized children and youth. Since 2016, Sheikha Moza has been an Advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and was previously a member of the UN Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group with a special emphasis on Goal 2 – universal primary education. (education is now sdg 4)
Sheikha Moza serves as a UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, through which she launched multiple projects including the International Fund for Higher Education in Iraq. In response to growing global needs, Sheikha Moza launched two initiatives that aim to foster development and stability for a better future.
In 2012, Sheikha Moza launched Education Above All (EAA) to deliver quality education to the hardest to reach children and generate a global movement, with a particular focus on areas affected by poverty, conflict and disaster. In 2018, EAA’s Educate A Child program secured commitments to educate 10 million marginalized children.
In 2008, Sheikha Moza founded Silatech to address the challenge of youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond. Silatech aims to help youth in the most challenging environments and circumstances take control of their lives and their future, and lead change in the region. Through economic and social empowerment, Silatech creates meaningful employment opportunities and programs in enterprise development, career training, and microfinancing, among many others.
Domestically, Sheikha Moza currently serves as Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), a private non-profit organisation founded in 1995. Its flagship project is Education City, which serves as a hub of academic excellence and houses branch campuses of renowned international universities and institutions. QF is also engaged in numerous scientific research and economic and social development projects.
Among Sheikha Moza’s honours are the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service. In 2009, she was inducted into the Academie des Beaux Arts de l'Institut de France. In 2007, Sheikha Moza was presented the prestigious Chatham House Award for her contributions to improving international relations. Sheikha Moza holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Public Policy in Islam from Hamad bin Khalifa University’s Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, and graduated from Qatar University with a degree in sociology. She has also been awarded honorary doctorates from Virginia Commonwealth University, Texas A&M University, Carnegie Mellon University, Imperial College London and Georgetown University
She leads the WISE education laureates which award their 7th laureate in Nov 2019- awards now take place at a biannual summit in qatar- on even years wise@ is cohosted with various nations - eg wise@China wise@spain wise@Ghana wise@france
- 2017 WISE Prize for Education - Dr. Patrick Awuah. Ghana
- 2015 WISE Prize for Education - Dr. Sakena Yacoobi. Afganistan
- 2014 WISE Prize Laureate - Ms Ann Cotton.
- 2013 WISE Prize Laureate - Ms Vicky Colbert. Escuela Nueva Colombia 1 :: experts
- 2012 WISE Prize Laureate - Dr. Madhav Chavan. India
- 2011 WISE Prize for Education - Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. Bangladesh
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Chairperson of Qatar Foundation ... 2019 WISE Prize for Education ... The WISE Prize Laureate is announced at the Opening Plenary Session of the global ...
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... Around the world. Share this page. WISE 2017 - Co-Exist, Co-Create. WISE 2019 - the next biennial summit will convene on Nov 19-21 in Doha, Qatar ...
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