Charlotte Fontan Sers,Mazhar Mughal
Charlotte Fontan Sers
In the decade since the 2008 global food crisis, West African countries have made efforts to raise domestic rice production and to make the region self-sufficient. Today, West Africa produces nearly two-thirds of Africa's rice. The region's...
How health inequality affect responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa [0.03%]
健康不平等如何影响撒哈拉以南非洲对COVID-19大流行的反应
Obasesam Okoi,Tatenda Bwawa
Obasesam Okoi
The COVID-19 outbreak has infected millions of people across the world, caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, and collapsed national economies. Recognizing the importance of handwashing in preventing the spread of COVID-19, concerns have ...
Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID [0.03%]
印度的农业、空气污染以及COVID时代的公共健康问题
A J McDonald,Balwinder-Singh,M L Jat et al.
A J McDonald et al.
Emerging evidence supports the intuitive link between chronic health conditions associated with air pollution and the vulnerability of individuals and communities to COVID-19. Poor air quality already imposes a highly significant public hea...
Somdeep Sen
Somdeep Sen
In this article I argue that while the COVID-19 outbreak is at its early stages in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian coastal enclave is particularly vulnerable to its effects - not least due to the multiplicity of existing development challen...
COVID-19 and International Food Assistance: Policy proposals to keep food flowing [0.03%]
COVID-19与国际食品援助：保持食品流动的政策建议
Ryan Cardwell,Pascal L Ghazalian
Ryan Cardwell
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the need for international food assistance, and disrupting the supply and delivery of food assistance. A series of unprecedented shocks is straining the capacity of food assistance organizations to reach ...
Daejoong Lee,Kyungmoo Heo,Yongseok Seo
Daejoong Lee
South Korea's response is considered by many as one the most effective models against COVID-19. The average number of new cases per day fell to 6.4 in the first week of May and currently 90% of all confirmed cases have fully recovered after...
Fighting COVID-19 in Hong Kong: The effects of community and social mobilization [0.03%]
抗击香港的COVID-19：社区和社交动员的影响
Kin-Man Wan,Lawrence Ka-Ki Ho,Natalie W M Wong et al.
Kin-Man Wan et al.
The globalized world economy has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic since early February 2020. In the midst of this global public health crisis, a prompt review of the counterinsurgencies that have occurred in different jurisdictions is...
COVID-19 palaver: Ending rights violations of vulnerable groups in Africa [0.03%]
COVID-19大流行：结束对非洲弱势群体的权利侵犯
Solomon Amadasun
Solomon Amadasun
This commentary amplifies the rising spate of human rights violations as laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. It notes that while governments in the region have declared restrictions on social gathering, in a bid to upend the deadl...
Johan A Oldekop,Rory Horner,David Hulme et al.
Johan A Oldekop et al.
COVID-19 accentuates the case for a global, rather than an international, development paradigm. The novel disease is a prime example of a development challenge for all countries, through the failure of public health as a global public good....
Arild Angelsen,Pamela Jagger,Ronnie Babigumira et al.
Arild Angelsen et al.
This paper presents results from a comparative analysis of environmental income from approximately 8000 households in 24 developing countries collected by research partners in CIFOR's Poverty Environment Network (PEN). Environmental income ...