When the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, were conceived back in 2012, blockchain technology was in its early days. Few could have foreseen the trajectory and the potential of blockchain for advancing these ambitious targets.
But today, we see opportunities for blockchain technology to recast conventional approaches to sustainable development — and accelerate progress if deployed responsibly.
Sumedha Deshmukh is the platform curator on the Blockchain and Digital Assets team at the World Economic Forum. She oversees the team’s engagement with a wide array of public and private sector actors and manages a portfolio of projects covering regulation, DeFi and user-centric development. With a background in economics and policy, she previously held positions at Devex, a media company focused on global development, and Deloitte.