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My Perfect Country

09/07/2016 GMT

My Perfect Country: The UN Debate

BBC World Service - The Compass, My Perfect Country, My Perfect Country: The UN Debate

Fi Glover, Martha Lane Fox and a panel of guests discuss ground-breaking social policies

Fi Glover, Martha Lane Fox, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a panel of guests discuss ground-breaking social policies.

In a radio first, the World Service programme which analyses ground-breaking global policies, is part of a sitting session of the UN’s Economic and Social Council and includes contributions from some of the 58 delegate countries.
 
The programme is introduced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and features contributions from Gerald Abila, a Ugandan lawyer who has introduced a free legal advice scheme through mobiles and social media, KC Mishra who has tackled sanitation issues in India with innovative approaches to toilets and human waste disposal, Monica Araya who has been one of the driving forces behind Costa Rica’s approach to renewable energy, and Hannes Astok who has been pushing the boundaries of the digital state in Estonia. Also joining the discussion is internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox.

The Compass: My Perfect Country

Fi Glover and digital guru Martha Lane Fox invite you to imagine your perfect country.

In a world where a lot is going wrong there is also a lot going right. Fi Glover and digital guru Martha Lane Fox invite you to imagine your perfect country.

In a world where a lot is going wrong there is also a lot going right. So what if you could build a country - with policies that actually worked? Fi Glover and digital guru Martha Lane Fox invite you to imagine your perfect country by homing in on policies from across the world that have been truly successful.

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