The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every corner of the world and all walks of life, and its impact will be felt for many decades. One of the most important consequences is the impact on gender inequality, which has spread over this period, despite decades of efforts.
The global spread of COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for UN Member States in meeting their commitments under the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which address issues such as reducing global poverty, achieving gender equality, institutional transparency and climate change mitigation. At the same time, the pandemic of
The COVID-19 Impact on Financial Function Report, prepared by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and based on a study involving accounting and financial professionals, analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the financial functions of organizations worldwide. It describes the impact of the pandemic on revenue and the number of employees, on priorities
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this article provides a high-level perspective on infrastructure resilience. The dimensions of resilience related to the life cycle of projects are explored, from planning and design to construction, operations and decommissioning. This approach contributes to the understanding of how
The increase in the volume of world trade in goods remains strong in the third quarter of 2020, after trade recovered from the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pace of business expansion in that period is unlikely to continue in the first quarter.
A new UNCTAD instrument measures the capacity of states to achieve social and economic transformation and helps to monitor their capacity to achieve the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. Productive Capacities Index (PCI) is an online portal that includes publications, resources and
The European Commission is allocating € 14 billion under the SURE instrument to nine Member States: Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Greece and Italy. The 9 states received SURE funds in 2020 in one of the three stages of allocating funds. This funding will support Member States to
At the beginning of the pandemic, Kristalina Georgieva, the director of the International Monetary Fund, urged national administrations to allocate the necessary amounts to actions to save and protect the lives of citizens, but without compromising the rules of transparency and accountability, which must, regardless of context, to govern any initiative initiated
The volume of foreign direct investment collapsed in 2020, falling by 42%, from $ 1.5 trillion in 2019 to about $ 859 billion, according to the Investment Trend Monitoring Report prepared by UNCTAD and published on January 24. Such a low level was last recorded
Global uncertainty reached an unprecedented level at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remains high. The Global Uncertainty Index - a quarterly assessment of global economic and policy uncertainty - shows that, although it has declined over the period
