Tag: Pandemic

Global – Will the World Ever Solve the Mystery of COVID-19’s Origin? (CFR)

A technician holds virus samples at a laboratory in Hengyang, China, in February 2020. AFP/Getty Images Claire Felter Will the World Ever Solve the Mystery of COVID-19’s...

Global – Why vaccination access is essential for ending COVID-19 and ensuring the global recovery (WEF)

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) David Malpass, Président, Groupe de la Banque mondiale Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World...

Global – Why intellectual property and pandemics don’t mix (Brookings)

Brink Lindsey Why intellectual property and pandemics don’t mix (brookings.edu)

Extreme Poverty/Pandemic – Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19 (Brookings)

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19 (brookings.edu)  

Pandemic – Taking the Fight to the Pandemic (Project-Syndicate)

SIMON JOHNSON Taking the Fight to the Pandemic by Simon Johnson - Project Syndicate (project-syndicate.org)

Pandemic/Labour Migration – How COVID-19 has affected international labour migration – and the path to enduring reintegration (WEF)

The state of employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines Maria A. Villalba How COVID-19 has affected international labour migration | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Pandemic – Current vaccine proposals are not enough to end the pandemic (PIIE)

Monica de Bolle The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently called for an accelerated global effort to distribute vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Current vaccine proposals are not...

Pandemic – Covid-19: The twenty-first century’s Chernobyl moment (ECFR)

David McNair Whoever repairs today’s fracturing international landscape will secure the power and influence to reset the post-pandemic world order to their liking https://ecfr.eu/article/covid-19-the-twenty-first-centurys-chernobyl-moment/

Pandemic/Asia/Africa – How Asia and Africa are finding innovative ways to plug the COVID-19 health gaps (WEF)

Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Handout by Sehat Kahani Emma Batha Innovative solutions have been developed across Africa and Asia to deal with the increasing demand for...

Pandemic – COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic (Brookings)

Indermit Gill and Philip Schellekens “Has global health been subverted?” This question was asked exactly a year ago in The Lancet. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/05/27/covid-19-is-a-developing-country-pandemic/

Pandemic – Pandemic, Inequality and Geopolitics (Valdai Discussion Club)

Andrés Serbin The COVID-19 pandemic has probably caused the greatest economic, political and social damage to humanity since World War II. In fact, it will...

Coronavirus Pandemic: New Challenges of 2021 (Valdai Discussion Club)

The current situation underscores the danger of ignoring our interdependence and the critical importance of global cooperation. This shows us that all humanity is in the same boat. Since...

China/Southeast Asia/Pandemic – Covid-19 pandemic and China’s rising soft power in mainland Southeast Asia (ThinkChina)

Vannarith Chheang The Covid-19 pandemic provides a window of opportunity for China to exert its international leadership and influence. It has managed to turn the...

In charts: how economic sentiment has changed during COVID-19 (WEF)

Alan FitzGerald, Vivien Singer, Sven Smit In McKinsey's latest Global Survey on the economy, executives' views are more positive than they were in March. Globally 73%...

A voice from India: correct tracking systems are needed to prevent the virus (Shashidhar K.J., Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

The Science of Where Magazine meets Shashidhar K.J., Associate Fellow at Observer Research Foundation (India) India shows the power and invasiveness of a virus that has not yet...