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BROWS E C OMPL E TE C O L L EC TION O N C OV ID-19
Books COVID-19 and Human Development The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is unleashing a human development crisis. On some dimensions of human development, conditions today are equivalent to deprivation levels last seen in the mid-1980s. However, the crisis is hitting hard on all of the human development’s constitutive elements: income (with the most significant contraction in economic activity since the Great Depression), health (directly causing a death toll over 300,000 and indirectly leading potentially to an additional 6,000 child deaths every day from preventable causes over the next six months),
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and education (with effective out-of-school rates). The pandemic was superimposed on unresolved tensions between people and technology, between people and the planet, between the haves and the have-nots. These tensions were already shaping a new generation of inequalities— on enhanced capabilities, the new necessities of the 21st century, as defined in the 2019 Human Development Report. This note takes a capabilities approach to document the severity of the unfolding human development crisis.
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July 2020
Policy Briefs and Papers Digital Connectivity during COVID-19: Access to vital information for every child
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Commodities Exports to China
Children’s digital access – or lack thereof – during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has significantly determined whether children can continue their education, seek information, stay in RE A D N touch with friends and O ONLINE W family, and enjoy digital entertainment. With over 1.5 billion children across 190 countries confined to their homes, active video games or dance videos may also be their best chance to exercise.
This research paper presents a preliminary assessment of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on commodities exports to China with a focus on exports from Commodity Dependent RE A D N Developing Countries O ONLINE W (CDDCs). Results indicate that in comparison to short term tendencies observed in the past three years, total commodities exports to China are currently moving downward.
COVID-19 and the Least Developed Countries
PREVENTION: Violence against Women and Girls & COVID-19
Covid-19 (coronavirus) threatens to have devastating consequences in least developed countries (LDCs). Health systems may be unable to cope with a precipitous increase in infections, and these countries lack RE A D N O the resources to cope ONLINE W with the socioeconomic consequences of lockdowns around the world. Unless bold policy actions are taken by the international community, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline will likely slip out of reach.
This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 (coronavirus) is RE A D N O exacerbating those factors ONLINE W and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidencebased prevention work in the current context. It outlines the guiding principles for prevention activities and provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing.
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United Nations Development Business now includes COVID-19 procurement notices and contract awards.
July 2020