India has successfully developed a model for foundational Digital Public Infrastructure. What will it take to replicate India's success on a global level? Experts Sharad Sharma and Samir Saran discuss how DPI serves as a public infrastructure, how the layers work together, and what the future of DPI will require.

Data governance needs to stop being considered a first world problem, says Barbara Prainsack of the University of Vienna. In fact, this lies at the core of global problems, capable of alleviating or exacerbating inequalities. However, data solidarity can help to distribute the risks and benefits of digital practices more equitably. But how?

COVID-19 shed light on inequalities while contributing to tighter budgets and increased demand on policymakers to deliver more "value". In this think piece, Mehdi Shiva discusses moving forward to deliver innovative systematic changes by placing sustainability, health and wellbeing at the centre stage of global policymaking.