However, there are still more hurdles to overcome. When the crisis blows over, people on both sides will have time to re-evaluate their positions. Those who advocate annexation of Palestinian territories or advocate complete separation will have a major test case from which many lessons can be ...
These outcomes jointly determine how individuals have experienced the COVID-19 crisis to a significant degree and allow for examining differences between employees and the self-employed. Importantly, the questions on income losses, reductions in working hours, and remote work are framed causally. That...
Amid a national crisis, the unspent premiums generating these windfalls represent an opportunity to urgently fight the pandemic, as well as buffer the economic shock of the recession today. Thus far, insurers have handled their financial good fortune in a variety of ways. Some have advanced ...
Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of COVID-19, a fatal disease emerged from Wuhan, a large city in the Chinese province of Hubei in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic due to its spread to other countries inside
Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, told Xinhua recently that unlike the financial crisis in 2008-2009, when "a crisis began in the financial sector and spread to the real economy," today's crisis is one "that has begun in the real eco...
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, I would argue that many working mothers are risking burnout having taken on a "third shift" of working late into the night after home-schooling and childcare responsibilities are completed. (That's before you get to baking the perfect Christmas cu...
This Chain is the first in a series on how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting agricultural markets and investor flows. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the vulnerability of health care systems, markets, and global supply chains. The IMF has predicted
be better focused. Across rich countries, disadvantaged pupils put up with less qualified staff and make do with fewer books. Changing much of this means taking on powerful lobbies, including teachers’ unions and wealthy parents. In theory the crisis offers a big opportunity to make such ...
The economic crisis and food and health system disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to exacerbate undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We developed pessimistic, moderate and optimistic scenarios for 2020–2022 and used three modelling tools (MIRAGRODEP, the Li...
COVID-19 crisis shifts cybersecurity priorities and budgets July 21, 2020 | Article By Venky Anant, Jeffrey Caso, and Andreas Schwarz Share Print Download Save Cybersecurity technology and service providers are shifting priorities to support current needs: business continuity, remot...