During this global pandemic, be sure to get your facts from reliable sources. UN iLibrary offers the latest reports and policy briefs on COVID-19, bringing together analysis from across the UN system which provides concrete ideas for how to address the consequences and even seize opportunities in the midst of the crisis.
BROWS E C OMPL E TE C O L L EC TION O N C OV ID-19
Books Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2020 The global economic recession and financial turmoil from COVID-19 are derailing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before the pandemic, the 2020 Financing for Sustainable Developme nt Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force noted that there was backsliding in many areas. RE A D N O O N L IN E W
Policy Briefs and Papers The Impact of COVID-19 on Women This policy brief focuses on the impact of COVID-19 Policy Brief: The Impact of (coronavirus) and the issues COVID-19 on Women affecting women such as economic impacts, health, unpaid care work, genderbased violence - exploring how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlining RE A D N O suggested priority measures ONLINE W to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts. The e-book for this policy brief has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screenreader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA. 9 APRIL 2020
Responding to the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 This report is a call to action, SHARED for the immediate health RESPONSIBILITY, GLOBAL response required to suppress SOLIDARITY: Responding to transmission of the virus to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 end the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic; and to tackle the many social and economic dimensions of this crisis. It is, above all, a call to focus on RE A D N people – women, youth, small O ONLINE W and medium enterprises, and on vulnerable groups already at risk. The e-book for this policy brief has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screenreader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA. March 2020
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