Repository of problems worth solving
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.
Publicly citable
Every problem has a stable citation code for reference and discussion.
Filtered by relevance
Search by category, geography, status, and keywords.
Builder-oriented
Use the repository to find startup ideas, policy leads, and research agendas.
4194Total
4194Open
0Solved
9Humans
open
Europe / Unspecified, Europe
Hybrid warfare tactics, including deepfakes and targeted propaganda, erode trust and polarise societies. Detection and provenance tools for media and secure civic-information channels are urgently needed.
society-governance
europe
europe-unspecified
disinformation
foreign
influence
campaigns
undermine
european
public
debate
hybrid
warfare
variant
open
Europe / Unspecified, Europe
Hybrid warfare tactics, including deepfakes and targeted propaganda, erode trust and polarise societies. Detection and provenance tools for media and secure civic-information channels are urgently needed.
society-governance
europe
europe-unspecified
disinformation
foreign
influence
campaigns
undermine
european
public
debate
variant
emphasises
global-unspecified
political
Most countries in the region depend on foreign satellites for communication, weather monitoring, and navigation. Regional satellite-sharing consortiums could give smaller nations affordable access to space-based data.
science-space
asia
nations
space
satellite
technology
development
remains
limited
few
leading
asian
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
african
affordable
haven
Weak coastal surveillance lets unlicensed vessels strip fish stocks that local communities depend on. Low-cost satellite and drone monitoring systems could help enforce maritime boundaries.
science-space
africa
fisheries
african
waters
being
depleted
illegal
foreign
trawling
weak
coastal
communities
fishing
economics-resources
systems
society-governance
global-unspecified
Frequent devaluations make long-term investment risky for both local entrepreneurs and foreign investors. Regional currency stabilization mechanisms and dollar-indexed savings products could offer some protection.
economics-resources
africa
currency
savings
volatility
inflation
erode
business
planning
african
economies
frequent
local-regional
global-unspecified
remains
asia
society-governance
whether
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Collecting samples from Venus or deep Martian canyons requires multi-stage rockets launching autonomously from foreign surfaces. Lightweight planetary ascent vehicles and automated orbital rendezvous systems must be built.
science-space
global-unspecified
systems
planetary
lack
autonomous
sample
return
missions
high-gravity
worlds
collecting
society-governance
technology-computing
climate-environment
economics-resources
ensuring
public
Criminal syndicates operate large-scale cyber-scam compounds across border enclaves in Southeast Asia, holding thousands of trafficked foreign nationals in forced labor conditions beyond local jurisdiction reach.
technology-computing
asia
myanmar
syndicates
border
haven
developed
transboundary
legal
frameworks
combat
human
trafficking
global-unspecified
african
digital
informal
labor
Developing Asian countries spend more on servicing foreign debt than on climate adaptation. International financial institutions have not scaled debt swaps effectively.
climate-environment
asia
sri-lanka
debt
asian
haven
created
debt-for-climate
swap
mechanisms
significantly
relieve
sovereign
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
resolved
determine
Foreign pharmaceutical companies patent compounds derived from traditional Asian herbal knowledge without benefit-sharing agreements with native communities.
society-governance
asia
india
traditional
haven
protected
indigenous
intellectual
property
rights
over
medicinal
plant
global-unspecified
climate-environment
african
philosophy-ethics
whether
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Local elections often receive far less security attention than national ones, despite being just as vulnerable to disinformation campaigns. Extending stronger protections down to the local level remains incomplete.
society-governance
global-unspecified
local
elections
disinformation
haven
solved
protect
spread
foreign
domestic
actors
might
mathematics-logic
economics-resources
science-space
workers
turn
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Common moral intuition treats strangers as owed some consideration, but the philosophical basis for this duty, especially toward those far away, remains contested. This affects debates about charity, foreign aid, and global responsibility.
philosophy-ethics
global-unspecified
don
know
justify
our
obligations
people
never
meet
interact
common
whether
resolved
determine
haven
mathematics-logic
ethical
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Billions of dollars in foreign aid have flowed for decades, yet the gap between wealthy and poor nations remains wide. This suggests aid alone isn't the missing piece, and a better approach is still needed.
society-governance
global-unspecified
aid
gap
between
poor
nations
decades
close
wealth
rich
despite
philosophy-ethics
whether
resolved
determine
have
mathematics-logic
open
Global / Unspecified, Global
Foreign actors have repeatedly used social media and cyberattacks to influence elections in other countries, and defenses remain reactive rather than preventive. Protecting democratic processes requires staying ahead of these tactics, not catching up after the fact.
society-governance
global-unspecified
elections
foreign
fully
protect
interference
manipulation
actors
have
repeatedly
social
climate-environment
institutions
designing
democratic
high
disinformation