Fast-forward progress: leveraging tech to achieve the global goals

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now form the backbone of today's economies – providing individuals with access to such vitally important resources as employment opportunities, online banking and healthcare. As such, United Nations leaders have turned to ICTs to fast-forward efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the new publication, Fast-forward progress: Leveraging tech to achieve the Global Goals, more than 20 UN heads share their perspectives on how and why "ICTs for SDGs" is critical.