Health and Healthcare Systems
How 2 out of every 5 jobs lost during COVID-19 may not come back
Only three new jobs are created for every 10 layoffs caused by coronavirus, according to new research by the University of Chicago.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Lessons from China: This is how COVID-19 could affect globalization
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression - could it spell the permanent end of globalization?
Health and Healthcare Systems
Coronavirus won't spell the end for globalization - but change is unavoidable
COVID-19 may lead to a reconfiguration of global supply chains, but globalization will adapt to the challenges ahead.
Nature and Biodiversity
New research reveals the true extent of corruption in fisheries
Corruption is a problem throughout the fisheries value chain, and its impacts are serious and widespread. Here's how policy-makers can start to address it.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How we can survive the great COVID lockdown: IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath
In this Q&A, the International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist discusses ways out of the Global Lockdown, as COVID-19 poses big global threats for debt and employment.
Health and Healthcare Systems
More, not less, multilateralism is needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic
The isolation politics of the past decade have been damaging. We now have the choice now to strengthen and rebuild multilateralism.
Health and Healthcare Systems
The post-COVID-19 world could be less global and less urban
Wharton Dean, Geoffrey Garretti, speculates that the coronavirus pandemic will leave the world less global and less urban, and possibly poorer as a result.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Have we reached peak globalization - and where do we go from here?
Globalization has defined the modern world, but COVID-19 has left it vulnerable. Richard Haass argues that governments need to mediate the situation carefully.
Health and Healthcare Systems
What COVID-19 can teach us about tackling climate change
From fossil fuel taxes to public transport and home working, this is how we can rebuild the economy and battle the climate crisis, with lessons from COVID-19.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
A UN report has highlighted those vulnerable to mental distress, including children and young people, and healthcare workers who see patients dying from COVID-19.
Geographies in Depth
Despite fears of a second wave, lockdowns are lifting – here’s what it looks like
France and China have begun to reopen businesses, as lockdown measures are lifted. But in Germany, there are fears of a second wave of infections as cases accelerate.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How can we make sure a COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t go to the highest bidder?
Ensuring no one is left behind in the race to create a coronavirus vaccine requires collective investment, and innovation, write Mariana Mazzucato and Els Toreele.