Tag: Pandemic

(Pandemic) COVID’s lost learning: 70 million children face reading crisis (Al Jazeera)

New analysis released by anti-poverty group reveals that more than half the world’s 10-year-olds could be unable to read by the end of this...

(Pandemic/Debt) Emerging-market Debt in the COVID-19 Pandemic (Chatham House)

David Lubin This paper, which is published under the Global Economy and Finance Programme’s ‘Rebuilding International Economic Cooperation’ project, offers two proposals to help prevent...

(Europe) Will the EU emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger or weaker? (ECFR)

Timothy Garton Ash After its mixed Covid response, the EU must now focus on really delivering what its citizens want https://ecfr.eu/article/will-the-eu-emerge-from-the-coronavirus-crisis-stronger-or-weaker/

(Pandemic/Aid) Prospects for aid at times of crisis (ODI)

Liam Carson, Maike Hebogård Schäfer, Annalisa Prizzon and Jessica Pudussery The depth of the global economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic is placing enormous pressure on...

(Pandemic/Migrants) Beyond gratitude: lessons learned from migrants’ contribution to the Covid-19 response (ODI)

Claire Kumar and Elsa Oommen with Federica Fragapane and Marta Foresti This report recognises and values the fundamental contribution of migrant workers to our societies and economies throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Over...

(Pandemic) How COVID could democratise commutes (WEF)

Mouchka Heller COVID lockdowns have raised key questions about commutes and their costs in terms of time, money and health https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/how-covid-19-transformed-the-commute/

(Pandemic/Recovery) Fiscal Follies in the COVID Recovery (Project-Syndicate)

DANIEL GROS With governments in advanced economies continuing to keep the fiscal taps open, it is worth considering whether additional stimulus is really what the...

(Pandemic/Innovation/Technology) COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation – here’s how companies can adapt (Forbes,WEF)

Ben Crawford Studies show that the pandemic has led to a 20% surge in total internet usage. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/covid-19-accelerated-digital-transformation-how-companies-can-adapt/

(Pandemic/Academics/Policymakers) Why academics and policymakers should continue to work together after COVID-19 (The Conversation, WEF)

Stephen Reicher The COVID-19 pandemic has united society in a common cause, particularly academics and policymakers https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/why-academics-and-policy-makers-should-work-together-after-covid-19/

(Pandemic/Vaccines) How COVID-19 vaccine efforts could help defeat other diseases (WEF)

John Letzing A proposed way of immunizing against malaria uses an RNA-based approach similar to COVID-19 vaccines. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/how-covid-19-vaccine-development-could-boost-efforts-to-defeat-other-diseases/

(Pandemic/Technology) Technology is Enabling Surveillance, Inequality During the Pandemic (HRW)

Deborah Brown, Amos Toh The Covid-19 pandemic set off a global quest to harness technology to keep us connected and curb the spread of the...

(Pandemic/Older People) Covid-19 Exposed Need to Protect Older People’s Rights (HRW)

Laura Mills Susan Robinson, a 68-year-old resident of a United States nursing facility, was lying awake one night in March when she heard her neighbor...

(Pandemic/Health Workers) Health Workers: Heroes, Yes, But They Need Our Support (HRW)

Aoife Croucher, Namratha Somayajula The sounds of clapping, cheers, and banging pots and pans filled streets around the world on March evenings in 2020. From Italy to India,...

(Pandemic/Vaccines) Reinforcing Rights Can Help Avert Failure on Covid-19 Vaccines (HRW)

Margaret Wurth, Aruna Kashyap The warnings about vaccine nationalism started early. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/04/reinforcing-rights-can-help-avert-failure-covid-19-vaccines

(Pandemic/Global Governance) An Unequal Crisis (HRW)

Lena Simet, Sarah Saadoun When the novel coronavirus began spreading, the shared fate of the globe’s seven billion people came sharply into focus. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/04/unequal-crisis

(Pandemic) A Guide to Global COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts (CFR)

Claire Felter Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism,...