Covid-19 Straw Breaks Free Trade Camel’s Back
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 19 2020 (IPS) – Economic growth is supposed to be the tide that lifts all boats. According to the conventional wisdom until recently, growth…
Economic Ghosts Block Post-Lockdown Recovery
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2020 (IPS) – As governments the world over struggle to revive their economies after the debilitating lockdowns they imposed following their failure to…
Sweden-Costa Rica: Same Paths on Climate Change, Different on COVID-19
Cloud forest in Costa Rica. Credit: Germán Miranda/IPS ROME/SANTIAGO, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) – The lack of a coordinated international response had led to varying results worldwide in…
Neglected, Sacrificed: Older Persons During the COVID19 Pandemic
Credit: United Nations NEW YORK, Jul 28 2020 (IPS) – Failing to help those in most need COVID19 is devastating on older persons. The numbers are staggering, more…
“Hidden” Costs of Our Food Systems
Zoltán Kálmán, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Food Systems Summit SOFI…
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Oct 29 2020 – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there…
What Indonesia’s Local Elections Mean for National Politics
Posters of rival tickets for mayor of Depok, a commuter city 40 minutes by train south of Jakarta where many of its 2.4 million residents work.Credit: Warief D….
Change Financing Priorities to Address COVID-19, Conference Hears
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan 21 2021 (IPS) – Innovative financing to resolve COVID-19 crisis was needed, a joint African and Asian parliamentarians’ webinar heard this week. The webinar,…
Demographic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic: An Overview
One year after the pandemic was officially declared, the enormous demographic impact of the coronavirus is becoming increasingly evident as more data are compiled and analyzed. Credit: United…
Covid19 a Wake-up Call to Address Development Fault Lines in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 30 2021 (IPS) – The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time…