Tag: Pandemic

PANDEMIC/FOOD SECURITY – Long Live the Bio-Revolution (Michael Chui, Matthias Evers, Project-Syndicate)

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased threats to food security around the world, underscoring the need for innovation to make agriculture and aquaculture more resilient...

PANDEMIC – Lessons from the pandemic (Omar Al-Ubaydli, The Science of Where Magazine)

https://www.thescienceofwheremagazine.it/2020/12/27/lessons-from-the-pandemic/

PANDEMIC/MIGRATION/HUMAN CAPITAL – International Migration and Human Capital in the Context of COVID-19 Conference (RIAC)

On December 18, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with RANEPA Center for Sociological Research and the International Committee of the Red Cross...

PANDEMIC/CYBER THREATS – Experts discuss the growth of cyber threats amid the pandemic (Eun DuBois, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/28/experts-discuss-the-growth-of-cyber-threats-amid-the-pandemic/

PANDEMIC/UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE – Will COVID-19 derail the quest for universal health coverage? (Wayne Irava, Ajay Tandon, World Babk blogs)

The world is facing both a health and an economic crisis due to COVID-19.  In addition to its direct impact on morbidity and mortality, the...

PANDEMIC – 2020: A year of trials but also one of resilience and hope (Zev Stampfer, World Bank blogs)

Everyone has probably heard this countless times already - 2020 was a year like no other. https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/2020-year-trials-also-one-resilience-and-hope

PANDEMIC – A few reflections to close the year of COVID-19 (Patricio V. Marquez, World Bank blogs)

As we approach the end of 2020, perhaps a few reflections are warranted on a period unlike any other in our global collective memory. https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/few-reflections-close-year-covid-19

PANDEMIC – Santé mentale : faire face à la crise (Angèle Malâtre-Lansac, Institut Montaigne)

La pandémie actuelle, parce qu’elle génère incertitude, peur, isolement et deuils, a et aura des conséquences fortes sur la santé mentale des Français. Entre fin...

PANDEMIC/MOROCCO – Coping with COVID-19’s cost: The example of Morocco (Yasmina Abouzzohour, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/coping-with-covid-19s-cost-the-example-of-morocco/

PANDEMIC/INTERGENERATIONAL MALNUTRITION – COVID-19 and the risk of intergenerational malnutrition (Lawrence Haddad, Saskia Osendarp, Al Jazeera)

The calendar is about to turn the page over to a new year and that new year brings hope for a world currently gripped...

PANDEMIC/VACCINE – Vaccine Chimeras (Manjari Mahajan, Global Policy)

The overwhelming prioritization of vaccines takes attention and resources away from the complex political, social and infrastructural investments that underlie a resilient public health...

BRAZIL – Between Two Epidemics: Coronavirus and Inequality in Brazil – A Conversation with GGF 2035 Fellow Felipe Oriá (Felipe Oriá, Global Policy)

This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 15...

PANDEMIC/INNOVATION – How coronavirus lockdowns can boost innovation (Omar Al-Ubaydli, Al Arabiya)

As the slew of vaccines emerging in record time indicates, there is much truth to the maxim “necessity is the mother of all invention.” https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2020/12/23/How-coronavirus-lockdowns-can-boost-innovation

POOR COUNTRIES – Can Poor Countries Avoid a Vaccine Bidding War? (Anne O. Krueger, Project-Syndicate)

For all of the good news about the arrival of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the hard truth for the coming year is that...

USA – How misinformation is distorting COVID policies and behaviors (Jonathan Rothwell and Sonal Desai, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-misinformation-is-distorting-covid-policies-and-behaviors/

PHILIPPINES – Were the Philippines’ COVID-19 responses sufficient? (Jose Ramon G Albert, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/23/were-the-philippines-covid-19-responses-sufficient/