COVID-19 Dampens Kenya’s Economic Outlook as Government Scales up Safety Net Measures
Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to decelerate substantially in 2020 due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Economic growth...
ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods
The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that...
IRENA’s Coalition for Action Calls for Green Recovery Based on Renewables
As COVID-19 rapidly devastates communities and livelihoods, effective response measures are urgently needed to address the immediate as well as the longer-term impacts of...
EU and Mexico conclude negotiations for new trade agreement
The European Union and Mexico concluded today the last outstanding element of the negotiation of their new trade agreement. Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and...
Serbian Economy Shrinks as Country Responds to COVID-19
Serbia is expected to face 2.5 percent contraction of its economy in 2020 providing containment measures introduced to fight COVID 19 are lifted by...
Coronavirus lockdown casts harsh light on our data and privacy online
A third of all nations lack laws to protect their citizen’s online data and privacy, despite an 11 per cent uptick in the global...
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal
In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third from the same period a year...
UNIDO, Norway to help SMEs mitigate negative economic impact of COVID-19
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) have unveiled a large-scale new programmatic framework, the Global...
Transforming the energy system—a post-COVID-19 win-win for people and planet
As large parts of the world hunker down and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more research is...
Blockchain to tackle supply chain failures exposed by COVID-19 and boost economic recovery
The pressure created by the COVID-19 outbreak on global trade systems highlights an urgent need for global cooperation to maintain and strengthen the resilience...