by Naveeda | Aug 10, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached the entire planet, failure to support the response to the virus in fragile and conflict affected states could have catastrophic and far-reaching consequences. The virus is likely to exacerbate tensions that...
by Naveeda | Aug 10, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of preparedness and the coordination capacities of national and regional disaster risk management agencies. The notes from the publication includes good practices and lessons learned from Central America and the...
by Naveeda | Aug 10, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
African countries are using technology in many new ways to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This report highlights some of the best digital solutions and estimates the investments required to implement the technology on a wider scale. This paper is intended to...
by Naveeda | Aug 5, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
This Trade and Development Report Update by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) discusses how developing countries can build solidarity to weather the interconnected economic and public health crises. The report titled, ‘South-South Cooperation at the...
by Raphael | Jul 30, 2020 | COVID-19, DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
By Brendan Vickers & Salamat Ali, Commonwealth Secretariat The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented health, economic and humanitarian crisis for the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs), including 14 Commonwealth member countries in Africa, Asia and the...
by Naveeda | Jul 24, 2020 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
COVID-19 has affected men and women differently. Although more men have died from the pandemic, women’s mental health is taking a bigger toll, their workload at home has multiplied and their economic resources are dwindling. These effects are hard to capture, as...