293 Results for “COVID 19”
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Article
Special Drawing Rights and Elasticity in the International Monetary System
Mar 15, 2022
How could the new SDR allocation help developing countries?
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Article
Top Economist: America’s Racist Economy Getting Worse, Not Better
Mar 8, 2022
Lynn Parramore explores Peter Temin’s new book on the country’s two economic histories: progress for whites, slavery and segregation for Black people. He warns of a second-tier global future unless they come together.
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Article
Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe?
Mar 4, 2022
President Biden’s first SOTU Address was a missed opportunity to say what he knows to be true: Stock buybacks manipulate the market and leave most Americans worse off
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Podcasts
The Pandemic's Billionaire Variant
Mar 3, 2022
Max Lawson, head of Oxfam International’s Inequality Policy program, discusses Oxfam’s latest inequality report, “Inequality Kills,” which highlights the extreme growth in wealth of the billionaire class during the pandemic and how this has had a direct effect on the health and survival of the world’s bottom 50%.
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Article
Paper: Demography, Inclusive Growth and Youth Employment in Africa
Jan 26, 2022
The youth paradox is accentuated by the effects of Covid-19, while the concrete short- and medium-term prospects for young people remain unclear.
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Article
Paper: Regional and Continental Integration in Africa in the Covid-19 Era: New Drivers and Perspectives
Jan 20, 2022
A review of regional integration in Africa
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Podcasts
COP26: The Paralysis from Above
Jan 13, 2022
In a replay of INET Live’s webinar, following the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last December, Richard Kozul-Wright of UNCTAD, Patrick Bond of the University of Johannesburg, and author Maude Barlow discuss the disproportionate impact climate change has on the developing world and the ways to best address it.
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Article
Automotive Value Chains in a Brave New World
Jan 11, 2022
The pandemic and electrification are shaking the foundations of the auto industry
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Podcasts
The Pandemic's Opportunities and Challenges for Racial Justice
Dec 16, 2021
Prosperity Now CEO Gary Cunningham talks to Rob, in a wide-ranging discussion, about the many ways in which the pandemic has affected racial justice and injustice and how we might overcome the divisions and polarizations that we currently confront.
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Article
Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic
Nov 30, 2021
It’s time to prioritize mental well-being to avoid far-reaching economic and social consequences.
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The Pandemic Triggered the Questioning of Current Governance Systems in Africa
Nov 30, 2021
An interview with Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
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Webinars and Events
The Paralysis From Above: COP26 and Beyond for the Developing World
WebinarDec 1, 2021
For several weeks, representatives of governments across the globe gathered in Glasgow to discuss plans for climate mitigation and adaptation. But the meetings were dominated by representatives of the world’s most advanced economies, often to the detriment of the places where the majority of the world’s population lives: the developing world.
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Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame
Nov 18, 2021
Economists Claudia Sahm, Servaas Storm, and Pia Malaney share their views on the problem that has everyone freaking out. Here’s what it all means for your pocketbook – and your democracy.
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Article
2020’s Knife Edge Election: An Analysis
Nov 16, 2021
Covid and BLM protests were key to Biden’s victory
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Article
Trade and Development Backstory: The Struggle Over the UNCTAD 15 Mandate
Nov 10, 2021
Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.