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COVID-19 shows why we need multilateralism more than ever
It is the nature of crises to expose new faults in a system or widen existing ones. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception to...
Inflation in Pakistan during the Holly Month of Ramadan
Ramadan is considered one of the holiest months in the Islamic calendar for Muslims all over the world. As for as Pakistan is concerned,...
‘Humanitarian catastrophe’ looms in Haiti, threatening years of progress as COVID-19 takes hold
The COVID-19 outbreak could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti, endangering many years of hard-won progress in the Caribbean nation, the Economic and Social...
Europe must emerge stronger from this crisis
Authors: President Sassoli, President Michel and President von der Leyen
In 1950, Europe was in crisis, still devastated physically and economically by the effects of...
Coronavirus: What Germany Did Right and the U.S. Did Not
If the US effort has been characterized by a daily presidential news conference, the German response has distanced itself from politics. Local and apolitical,...
The impact of the COVID-19 on e-commerce and its interplay with cybersecurity and privacy
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this year, the UNCTAD’s E-commerce Week was conducted over Webex videoconferencing from 27 April-1 May 2020. The conference convened...
Faced with a crisis, airlines seek delay on climate measures
Aviation is one of the earliest and most visible economic losers of restrictions introduced to stop the spread of Covid-19, with 95% of passenger...
Building Back Better: Why we must think of the next generation
Building back from COVID-19 will be an inter-generational effort. Decisions being taken now about what sectors of our economy to prioritize and what opportunities...
“War” in peacetime and the day after
For a few months now, humanity has been experiencing a new situation that is nothing similar to anything it had experienced during the last...
From “Information” Society to “Self-Sufficient’ Society
We have not seen the World War III yet but after this pandemic, it is not difficult to make reliable projections about what would...