The concept of “innovation” is increasingly embedded in the global development discourse.
Today, as governments around the world craft the sustainable development goals and targets for the post-2015 development agenda, development has much to benefit from the radical disruption and new insight that innovation can offer.
Since the U.N. Population Fund started working in 1969, the number — and rate — of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth have been halved. Families are smaller and healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.