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World Solve is a public institutional repository for identifying real unresolved problems across science, society, health, governance, economics, and local systems. Each entry is intended to be citable, inspectable, and actionable.

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Detecting illegal logging in cloud-covered tropical forests

open Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Develop monitoring approaches that work despite persistent cloud cover, fragmented enforcement, local economic dependence, and rapidly changing extraction routes.

technology-computing africa democratic-republic-of-the-congo detecting illegal logging cloud-covered tropical forests develop monitoring approaches work society-governance economics-resources forest science-space systems
WS04233
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:14:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04233 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4233

Create maintenance standards, inspection systems, repair financing, and accountability mechanisms where elevator outages isolate elderly and disabled residents.

social-civic-problems asia china elevator preventing failures high-rise affordable housing create maintenance standards inspection society-governance systems public technology-computing intergenerational
WS04231
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:12:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04231 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4231

Develop drainage, runway materials, power backup, communications, and financing approaches for airports essential to island connectivity and disaster response.

climate-environment oceania samoa island climate-resilient airport infrastructure small states develop drainage runway materials communities remote economics-resources public society-governance
WS04229
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:10:17Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS04229 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4229

Build resident reporting, inspection, funding, contractor, and legal mechanisms that prevent public housing from deteriorating after construction.

social-civic-problems europe united-kingdom public housing improving maintenance accountability build resident reporting inspection funding society-governance safe economics-resources global-unspecified haven
WS04228
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:09:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04228 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4228

Develop standards, tracking, community oversight, vehicle financing, and safe-route models for children traveling through informal transport networks.

social-civic-problems africa kenya transport safe school regions formal bus systems develop standards tracking society-governance informal public technology-computing economics-resources
WS04224
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:05:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04224 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4224

Develop materials, inspection methods, protective coatings, financing, and maintenance plans for roads, ports, bridges, and water systems exposed to salt and humidity.

economics-resources asia philippines preventing corrosion coastal public infrastructure develop materials inspection methods protective society-governance systems climate-environment safe water
WS04222
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T19:03:17Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS04222 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4222

Design location, lighting, maintenance, staffing, payment, reporting, and transport connections that address safety as well as sanitation.

economics-resources asia india making public toilets safe usable women night design location lighting social-civic-problems maintenance transparency global-unspecified procurement
WS04216
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:57:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04216 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4216

Develop sensors, inspections, maintenance prioritization, and community reporting systems for small bridges that fail without warning.

social-civic-problems asia nepal low-cost bridge monitoring rural transport networks develop sensors inspections maintenance systems society-governance public climate-environment economics-resources
WS04215
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:56:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04215 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4215

Create safer wiring, metering, enforcement, retrofit financing, and emergency-response approaches in dense settlements with improvised connections.

economics-resources africa south-africa preventing fatal fires informal electrical networks create safer wiring metering settlements society-governance public social-civic-problems health-biology
WS04214
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:55:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04214 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4214

Create systems to track quality, environmental impact, labor conditions, and price integrity for sand, cement, steel, timber, and aggregates.

climate-environment asia india transparent sourcing construction materials public projects create systems track quality society-governance across without quantum governance
WS04212
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:53:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04212 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4212

Develop interoperable shipping, customs, trucking, terminal, and warehousing information systems that work across public and private actors.

social-civic-problems south-america brazil systems reducing port congestion caused fragmented data develop interoperable shipping society-governance technology-computing public economics-resources mathematics-logic
WS04211
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:52:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04211 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4211

Create interoperable documentation, cold-chain coordination, and risk-based inspection systems that reduce spoilage without weakening safety controls.

social-civic-problems africa east-african-community preventing food loss border delays inconsistent inspections create interoperable documentation systems society-governance technology-computing safety public
WS04196
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:37:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04196 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4196

Traceability for minerals from artisanal mines without excluding miners

open Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Develop systems that reduce child labor, conflict finance, and environmental harm while allowing artisanal miners to participate in formal markets.

climate-environment africa democratic-republic-of-the-congo artisanal miners traceability minerals mines excluding develop systems reduce child society-governance economics-resources labor governance biometric
WS04193
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:34:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04193 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4193

Develop city-level data and economic models that quantify barriers in transport, housing, employment, education, and public services to guide investment.

economics-resources measuring hidden costs disability exclusion cities develop city-level data economic public society-governance social-civic-problems services global-unspecified governance urban
WS04192
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:33:17Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS04192 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4192

Create voting systems that are independently usable, secure, private, and accessible across physical, sensory, cognitive, language, and digital barriers.

technology-computing north-america united-states accessible voting ensuring disabled elderly citizens create systems independently usable society-governance social-civic-problems digital inclusive public
WS04190
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:31:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04190 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4190

Build sustainable training, remote interpretation, quality standards, and funding models for healthcare, courts, education, and emergency communication.

social-civic-problems asia india interpretation improving access sign-language public services build sustainable training remote society-governance global-unspecified designing african governance
WS04183
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:24:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04183 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4183

Create testing, accountability, and escalation standards for systems that perform poorly for accents, dialects, code-switching, and minority languages.

society-governance africa south-africa preventing language discrimination ai-enabled customer service create testing accountability escalation systems technology-computing public intergenerational open
WS04179
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:20:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04179 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4179

Develop navigation, staffing, station design, payment, safety, and communication systems that make transit usable beyond physical wheelchair access.

society-governance north-america united-states transit building inclusive public sensory cognitive disabilities develop navigation staffing systems technology-computing social-civic-problems access informal
WS04178
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:19:17Z · Horizon: 2035
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WS04178 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4178

Develop interoperable standards, open contracting, data portability, and technical capacity so public agencies retain control over essential digital systems.

technology-computing digital preventing procurement lock-in proprietary infrastructure develop interoperable standards open society-governance systems public data technical climate-environment
WS04172
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:13:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04172 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4172

Design participation processes that use visual, oral, local-language, and offline methods instead of relying on written notices and digital portals.

social-civic-problems north-america guatemala making public consultation accessible low-literacy communities design participation processes visual society-governance local might digital actors
WS04170
By Ian Patel · 2026-02-07T18:11:17Z · Horizon: 2030
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WS04170 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=4170
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