Covid-19
Olympic Winter Games – its zero-Covid policy is a big issue for Beijing, but not the only one
It all could have been just as beautiful as the Olympic Summer Games were in 2008. The world was awed by the new benevolent superpower, and even the sky in…
Ouch! COVID-19 has hit global FDI flows hard
According to recent estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade in Development (UNCTAD), global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have decreased by 42 percent year-over-year in 2020 and will…
Worldwide school closures could cause large economic losses
Students attending school in the current environment could conceivably have a 3 percent lower lifetime income caused by coronavirus-induced school closures. The most vulnerable are suffering the most under educational…
Brave green world? Using COVID-19 as a window of opportunity for a more sustainable global economy
The coronavirus crisis has led to considerable restrictions of economic and social life. Production and travel activities are at least partly on hold. Greenhouse gas emissions decrease because of lower…
Will the European Banking System survive the COVID-19 Crisis?
History tells us that instability in the banking system can lead to significant economic crises. The memories of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) and the following European debt crisis are…
COVID-19 and Protectionist Policies: a call for Sustainable Value Chains
by Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba: Senior Economist at UNCTAD and Coordinator of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) www.unfss.org and Ruby Lambert: Sustainability Expert at the United Nations…
