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Robert Muggah is co-founder and research director of the Igarapé Institute and the SecDev Foundation. He is also associated with the Inter-American Development Bank, TED, United Nations, World Bank, and World Economic Forum. Robert helped establish the Global Parliament of Mayors and works with Google and other tech companies to build data visualizations and mobile apps to improve urban safety. He is the author and editor of several books and earned his doctorate from the University of Oxford.
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