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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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South Africa, Africa
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
Develop humanitarian, service-delivery, accountability, and peacebuilding approaches where official institutions have limited territorial authority.
society-governance
africa
somalia
improving
local
governance
areas
controlled
non-state
actors
develop
humanitarian
service-delivery
public
registries
accountability
interest
institutions
Build standards for need assessment, model evaluation, contracts, oversight, appeals, and vendor accountability when governments procure automated systems.
society-governance
creating
accountable
procurement
public
sector
build
standards
need
assessment
model
systems
technology-computing
across
accountability
open
intergenerational
open
Canada, North America
Create methods for governments to evaluate bias, error, and accountability in automated public decisions while preserving citizen privacy and system security.
technology-computing
north-america
canada
public
making
algorithms
auditable
exposing
personal
data
create
methods
governments
society-governance
global-unspecified
whether
systems
philosophy-ethics
Develop rapid-response, evidence-preservation, platform-accountability, legal, and psychosocial support systems for journalists targeted by coordinated abuse.
technology-computing
asia
philippines
journalists
coordinated
protecting
digital
harassment
develop
rapid-response
evidence-preservation
platform-accountability
legal
systems
society-governance
ensuring
global-unspecified
climate-environment
open
Sierra Leone, Africa
Design repair financing, local spare-parts networks, remote diagnostics, and accountability models that keep water points functional after initial projects end.
health-biology
africa
sierra-leone
water
maintaining
rural
pumps
donor-funded
installation
design
repair
financing
local
climate-environment
mathematics-logic
public
economics-resources
before
open
Colombia, South America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for institutional designs that improve the accountability of international development and climate finance are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
south-america
colombia
institutional
designs
improve
accountability
international
development
climate
finance
practical
realization
society-governance
methods
systems
barriers
