Op-eds and Opinion

In many parts of the world, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often inefficient, poorly run, and drowning in debt. This is particularly the case in emerging economies. 

As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to business as usual is unimaginable in a region that was already off track to meet the SDGs....

დღეის მდგომარეობით, კოვიდ-19-ის შედეგად მსოფლიოს მასშტაბით 700,000 ადამიანზე მეტი გარდაიცვალა. პანდემიამ უამრავ ოჯახში სასოწარკვეთილება შეიტანა და უპრეცედენტო ეკონომიკური ზარალი მიაყენა ქვეყნებს.  

With countless loss of lives and livelihoods, rapidly surging unemployment rates, and the worst recession witnessed in recent history, the shock caused by the COVID-19 crisis is in no small measure unprecedented.

На сегодня более 650 тыс. человек во всем мире скончались от COVID-19.

To date, more than 700,000 people around the world have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since the turn of 2020 highlighted among many aspects the highly interconnected nature of 21st century globalization, allowing the virus to reach nearly all corners of the globe...

据中华人民共和国（中国）应急管理部披露，今年中国的雨季提前导致了严重洪灾，约3,800万人受影响，造成的直接经济损失高达约118亿美元。

A public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic destroys economic growth and pushes millions into poverty. Without policy interventions, it will also worsen income inequality.

This year, the monsoon has started earlier in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), resulting in severe floods that have already affected some 38 million people and caused about $11.8 billion direct economic losses...