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Reorienting Public Services Platformization in Health

Author(s) Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow, IT for Change (India); Cynthia Picolo, Directress, Lapin (Brazil); Eshani Vaidya, Research Associate, IT for Change (India); Raquel Rachid, Researcher, Lapin (Brazil); Beatriz Tibiriça, Directress, Coletivo Digital (Brazil); Clarissa França, Directress, AqualtuneLab (Brazil); Ketaki Nagaraju, Research Associate, IT for Change (India); Marcelo Fornazin, Researcher, Fiocruz (Brazil); Matheus Falcão, Director, Cebes (Canada).

Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes, an opportunity to increase trust and enhance democratic governance

Author(s) Renata Avila, Open Knowledge Foundation (UK); Juan Pablo Ruiz Nicolini, Fundar (Argentina).

A Consumer-centric Approach to Digital Public Infrastructure for Sustainable Financial Inclusion

Author(s) Hannah Draper, Digital Rights Advisor, Consumers International (United Kingdom); Luca Belli, Professor and Coordinator, Center for Technology and Society (CTS/FGV-Rio) (Brazil); Marina Meira, G20 Policy Advisor, Consumers International (Brazil); Camila Leite Contri, Coordinator, IDEC-Institute for Consumers Protection (Brazil); Larissa Magalhães, Research Associate, United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) (Portugal); Luă Cruz, Coordinator, IDEC-Institute for Consumers Protection (Brazil).

Ethical and Inclusive Data Governance: A Cornerstone for Transforming Public Services in the Digital Era

Author(s) Mariana Rozo-Paz, Policy, Research and Project Management Lead, Datasphere Initiative Foundation (Colombia); Vinay Narayan, Senior Manager, Aapti Institute (India).

Revitalizing local economies: A case of Japan's Furusato Nozei Program and its digital transformation impact on tax decentralization, economic growth, and sustainable development

Author(s) Jian Pu, Research Fellow & Academic Associate, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University (UNU-IAS, Japan), Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo (Japan); Upalat Korwatanasakul, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University (Japan), UNU-IAS (Japan); Alexandra Marie Naval Sumaway, Master Student, UNU-IAS (Japan); Pitchaya Sirivunnabood, Sustainable Finance Expert/Consultant, Asian Development Bank (Thailand); Saroj Kumar Chapagain, Associate Programme Officer, Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources, United Nations University (Germany).

A Policy Brief for Inclusive Educational Environment, and Formulating a Universal Design for Disability Friendly Educational Institutions

Author(s) Anusha Ratna, Gujarat National Law University (India); Priyanka Khandelwar, Gujarat National Law University (India); Shrushti Maniar, York University (Ontario).

The Strategic Role of Carbon Markets: Incentivizing Carbon Dioxide Removals in support of a low-carbon economy

Author(s) Isabela Morbach, Director, CCS Brasil (Brazil); Mallika Ishwaran, Chief Economist, Shell International (United Kingdom).

Activating positive financial tipping points for zero-carbon investments in lower-income countries: a twin-track approach catalysed with international guarantees

Author(s) Yaroslav Melekh, Research Fellow in Economics of Energy Innovation and System Transition, University College London (United Kingdom); Joisa Campanher Dutra Saraiva, Professor of Economics and Director of the Infrastructure Regulation Center, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil); Jamie Rickman, Research Fellow in Complex Networks, University College London (United Kingdom); Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University College London (United Kingdom); Godfred Bokpin, Professor of Finance, University of Ghana (Ghana); Lilia Caiado Coelho Beltrao Couto, Program Manager (Intersection of Finance, Climate and Equity), Open Society Foundations (United Kingdom).

The Economic and Social Impact of Platform Transparency: Ad Regulation for the Construction of Inclusive Digital Markets

Author(s) Dr. Rose Marie Santini, Associate Professor Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brasil); Dr. James Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Security Studies, Dublin City University (Ireland); Mr. Humberto Ribeiro Filho, Director, Sleeping Giants Brasil (Brasil); Dr. Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu, Assistant Professor of Communication, Clemson University (USA); Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); Dr. Debora Salles, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brasil).

Preventive Cognitive Contagion as a Strategy for Mitigating Electoral Misinformation

Author(s) Luiz Eugenio Scarpino Junior, Professor, University of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) and Sophia University (Italy); Nicole Medeiros Guimarães, Researcher, University of Ribeirão Preto and University of São Paulo (Brazil).

Gendering the G20 Information Integrity Agenda

Author(s) Merrin Muhammed Ashraf, Research Assistant, IT for Change (India); Malavika Rajkumar, Project Associate, IT for Change (India); Julia Powles, Director, UWA Tech and Policy Lab and Tech-Crimes Coalition (Australia).

Designing Digital Global Governance with children’s best interests and their rights as a priority

Author(s) Awo Aidam Amenyah, Child Online Africa (Ghana); Emanuella Ribeiro Halfeld Maciel, Analyst, Instituto Alana (Brazil); Rodrigo Nejm, Specialist in Digital Education, Instituto Alana (Brazil); Maria Mello, Coordinator of the Programme Child and Consumerism, Instituto Alana (Brazil); João Aguiar, Lawyer, Instituto Alana (Brazil); Leticia Carvalho, International Advisor, Instituto Alana (Brazil).