The documentary “Bending the arch” depicts this progress, from setting the organization to when he joined the World Bank Group as president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bending_the_Arc
The original paper describing the business model and several potential areas for implementation was published in 2016, and available here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X16300586 Enric has also spoken about the concept on several Ted talks and interviews.
Bhutan is a small community with a strong national identity and union. This means that, despite long windy roads and times to connect across the country, communities are closely united. My experience was that everyone knew someone in the region or place you were asking about for the mapping exercise; or the knew exactly who to call. As way of reference, this is reflected e.g. on this interview about soccer https://www.npr.org/2015/03/17/393646668/bhutan-one-step-closer-to-world-cup-after-shocking-victory-over-sri-lanka?t=1535798543478 ^7
Famous last words, but as of end of 2022 at least 62% of the world is vaccinated, some countries with universal programs of several boosters to vulnerable population. At the same time more countries are classifying it as endemic and not imposing compulsory vaccination, social distancing or masks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_by_country_and_territory
There are multiple proposed explanations for how SARS-CoV-2 was introduced into, and evolved adaptations suited to, the human population. There is significant evidence and agreement that the most likely original viral reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 is horseshoe bats. In addition to direct spillover, another pathway, considered highly likely by scientists, is that of transmission through an intermediate host. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_the_origin_of_COVID-19
This is an example of such a case where a single traditional funeral of a prominent individual directly infected 28 other people. It should be noted that the traditions of this location involved touching the corpse of the deceased person. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6508a2.htm
The time of HIV/AIDS cases is a well-researched topic, with many nuisances and complexities, like the different types of HIV, the effect of public policies, the inter-relation with the socio-economic, cultural and political factors of each country. For this part I based my research in sources quoted on Wikipedia articles, this article about relation of gay sexual practices https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8030625 . the book “The Band Played on” and this article about possible sources of the USA being hit particularly hard and fast: https://newrepublic.com/article/117691/aids-hit-united-states-harder-other-developed-countries-why
Francis, Donald P. “Deadly AIDS policy failure by the highest levels of the US government: A personal look back 30 years later for lessons to respond better to future epidemics.” Journal of Public Health Policy 33 (2012): 290-300.
Google paid for “Deep Mind” $500 million. Google then reported a 40% saving in cooling costs. Bloomberg estimates an energy bill of ~4 million MWh, which yields potentially ~100M in annual savings. [Accessed on August 2020] https://9to5google.com/2016/07/20/google-deep-mind-energy-savings/
In May 2017 Nature published a study on the detection of increasing CFC-11 with unknown origin. This is still research in progress and unknown if the source CFC is newly made or the leakage of stored appliances, but the findings are conclusive of an increased emission in the recent years that. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0106-2.epdf
The good news of reduced child mortality across the World is one of the key messages Dr. Hans Rossling became famous for. For more context-setting and the relation with education and development in general, his TED talk is a good pointer for more information: [ Accessed in May,2018 ] https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade
While only 12% of the people in the world could read and write in 1820, today the share has reversed: only 14% of the world population, in 2016, remained illiterate. https://ourworldindata.org/literacy
Visual behaviors, such as a shift in one’s gaze or a prolonged stare, can be diagnostic of internal thoughts. Cesana-Arlotti et al. used these measures to demonstrate that preverbal infants hold attention longer when their expectations, internal story, doesn’t meet what they see. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aao3539
“Effective Messages in Vaccine Promotion: A Randomized Trial”. Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, Sean Richey and Gary L. Freed. Pediatrics. April 2014, 133 (4) e835-e842; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-2365
“A vivir la Ciencia” is a Spanish book written by Pere Estupinyá. He recalls and reflects the experience of being the host of one of science section at the radio sation with the most audience in Spain “A vivir”. The reference I make is on page 113.