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…
Russia’s Sputnik Diplomacy
The writer is a journalist and managing editor of Armando.info, an investigative journalism site. Older adults are amongst the first Peruvians to receive COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination…
A Time for Systemic Solutions in Latin America & the Caribbean
The writer is Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Development Program (UNDP) A woman in the Dominican Republic receives food from a…
We Were Born to Do This!
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait NEW YORK, Aug 9 2021 (IPS) – The first time I visited South Sudan in 2004 prior to its independence I…
The Plight of Haiti
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 30 2021 (IPS) – I assume channel surfing and internet browsing contribute to a decrease in people’s attention span. I am not familiar with…
Push for Civil Registration Set to Hit Key Milestone in Asian and Pacific Countries
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 16 2021 (IPS) – Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible achievement and a…