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Author: Future Agenda | https://www.futureagenda.org
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In the next ten years there will be a global acceptance of electronic payment products. We are nearly there with Square and iZettle. Such is their success it is expected that by 2019 46% of POS terminals will be mPOS.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/growth-of-mobile-point-of-sale/
New trusted currencies of exchange emerge to better facilitate transactions, trade, authentications and validation. Money as a means of exchange is complemented by new systems to which we attach increasing significance.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/currencies-of-meaning/
Distributed ledger technology enables direct exchange to take place without recourse to a trusted third party and at a fraction of the cost. Blockchain is to payments, currency and trade what email was for the postal service.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/payment-systems-challenged/
Greater competition, new innovations and changing regulations will mean that the current value chain will spread out, removing steps and so reducing costs for both consumers and suppliers.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/unbundling-of-payments-value-chain/
People dependent on the provisions of government are not those who pay or influence decisions taken. As the inequality gap grows, those making decisions are increasingly out of touch with society’s real needs.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/the-influence-need-gap/
We see measures of self-actualisation developing which are based on happiness and balance in life. These are dictated by individuals and not limited by external circumstances.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/in-control-of-happiness/
Education is a high priority for all nations to remain competitive in a global market place: It is increasingly available on line. Widespread internet access allows governments to make life-long learning available for those who want it.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/life-long-learning/
Inequality gaps persist between / within countries. This leads to a stratification of society and greater potential for forced dislocation among the disenfranchised and, in some cases, violent acts of revolt.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/societal-stratification/
To collectively address major urban challenges, as shown by Medellin in Colombia, governments increasingly openly collaborate with business to improve the institutional fabric of cities as well as core infrastructure.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/public-private-city-partnerships/
The influence of non-state actors has expanded. Jurisdiction has grown beyond boundaries and technological change has outpaced society. The role of the state has had to evolve and to succeed in this new operating environmen.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/a-new-operating-environment/
One of the challenges facing the state is how to balance equity and autonomy. A centralised system is often viewed to be more equitable at the expense of autonomy.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/closing-the-inequality-gap/
One of the ways that the state can legitimize itself to its constituents might be to facilitate the building of relationships with the people and other sectors to co-provide solutions to problems.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/participatory-government/
