Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Population decline in FSM and RMI

The urge to survive is a powerful one, for both an individual and a country. Nauru, whose population was decimated by infectious disease as a result of colonialism, still celebrates Angam Day on 26 ...
GitHub

Java RMI – International Statistics Service

Java RMI – International Statistics Service This project implements an object-based distributed system using Java RMI for remote method invocation. It follows a simple client/server architecture with ...
HousingWire

HECM endorsements rise to highest level since February

The reverse mortgage market appeared to recover in July after dipping in June, according to Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) that was ...
Homeland Security Today

U.S. Coast Guard Teams Up With Marshall Islands for Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Ops

Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) operations and security officers work with a temporarily assigned crew member to query a fishing vessel crew within the Republic of the ...
Electronic Design

Study Quantifies Economic, Environmental Benefits of EV Battery Recycling

A circular battery economy—one in which end-of-life batteries are repurposed, reused, or recycled—can help strengthen the electric-vehicle supply chain. Recycling batteries is expected to add $11B to ...
TechSpot

Java turns 30 and shows no signs of slowing down

The big picture: Java stands as one of the enduring pillars of the software world. The programming language was released by Sun Microsystems on May 23, 1995, and so far has weathered the shifting ...
World Bank

Local Skills, Stronger Services: World Bank Backs New Capacity Drive in FSM and RMI

POHNPEI, May 29 2025 — Citizens, communities, and businesses in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) are set to benefit from faster, more effective ...
Microgrid Knowledge

Low-Income Communities are the First to Lose Power. How RMI is Helping Deploy Resilience Hubs

Low-income communities are often the first to lose power and the last to get it back. For example, in Chicago, power outages are 83% more frequent, and the lights stay out 140% longer in poorer and ...
International

U.S. Home Remodeling Industry Sentiment Declines in Early 2025

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has released the first-quarter results of the NAHB/Westlake Royal Remodeling Market Index (RMI), showing a score of 63 -- a five-point drop from the ...
E&E

‘Power couples’ could electrify data centers and secure grid: Analysis

Creative solutions that pair renewable energy with existing gas plants could speed up tech projects without crashing the grid, a new report says. Data centers of the future could pair existing gas ...
TheServerSide

How to download and install Java 21 on Windows

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The latest long-term support (LTS) release of the JDK is Java 21, which was released in ...