Supply-chain strains must be addressed with urgent action, but this will require the collaboration of various parties whose values may not align.
The government should introduce a vaccine pass by March 2022. Here is why.
Pandemic preparedness should include a range of digital health capabilities with a view to minimizing the digital divide.
A personal reflection on leaving Hong Kong due to its public-health policies and the pressures they imposed.
A dual currency system would allow governments to control the sudden surge of excess funds flowing from the financial economy into the real economy.
The coronavirus pandemic has re-energized moves to achieve a sharing economy.
Post-Covid-19 resilient cities will be those that take advantage of the built environment to prevent mental ill health.
Workers are left at the mercy of employers, who laid off an estimated 10 percent of the workforce.
The coronavirus vaccine could be a lever to change the junta’s behavior – and save lives.
The Covid-19 crisis should be regarded as a rare opportunity for a global reset.
The country may be better served if President Joko Widodo signals a commitment to democracy by not running for a third term.
The concern should not be about the level of debt but about how the country deploys the financing and whether it is able to implement further structural reforms.
The aim: to reopen the doors to diplomacy and, in the long term, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The authorities’ reliance on obfuscation and delay means that the full extent of the Covid-19 tragedy unfolding may never be known.
The second wave of coronavirus devastating India would have crippled most governments. But Narendra Modi is no ordinary leader.
These efforts must be pragmatic, holistic and sustainable.
The economic downturn has prompted large-scale layoffs and deportations, and the unprecedented wave of returnees will have dramatic implications for national development.
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