State of the world's hand hygiene
This report is the first of its kind. It brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and call governments and supporting agencies to action,
Coronavirus
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Measuring the economic impact of COVID-19 with real-time electricity indicators
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges, making it difficult for policy makers to design appropriate policies. In this context, real-time information can play a most valuable role for
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Impact of COVID-19 on mining case studies of four African countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many economies worldwide. It had diverse impacts on the African mining sector. This paper documents its impact by focusing on four major mineral-rich African countries:
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Financing the SDGs to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific
The 2021 issue of ESCAP’s Financing for Development Series, Financing the SDGs to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific, reviews a range of financing instruments, strategies
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Global multidimensional poverty index 2021
Differences in so-called multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to a new analysis. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), produced
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Overconfident: how economic and health fault lines left the Middle East and North Africa Ill-prepared to face COVID-19
This report examines the region’s economic prospects in 2021, forecasting that the recovery will be both tenuous and uneven as per capita GDP level stays below pre-pandemic levels. COVID-19 was a stress-test
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COVID-19 and child marriage: How COVID-19’s impact on hunger and education is forcing children into marriage
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, most experts estimated child marriage would continue for many more decades. Because the pandemic has increased poverty levels and hunger, and decreased access to education,
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Order of the Supreme Court regarding ex-gratia assistance on account of loss of life to the family members of the persons who died due to COVID-19, 04/10/2021
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gaurav Kumar Bansal Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/10/2021.</p> <p>The matter related to ex-gratia assistance on account of loss of life
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Climate change and resilience’s implementation of COVID-19 strategy
This systematization report seeks to briefly document and summarize the implementation of the 2020 Action Plan of the Climate Change and Resilience Issue-Based Coalition, identifying lessons learned and
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COVID-19 impacts and policy options: an Asian perspective
COVID-19 economic recovery can be advanced by greater efforts to boost longer-term resilience and sustainability in Asia and the Pacific. COVID-19 economic recovery can be advanced by greater efforts to