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Africa’s resources to fight COVID-19. As countries around the world fall into recession due to the coronavirus, Brahima S. Coulibaly and David R. Dollar discuss the effects of the economic downturn on Africa.
Restoring U.S. moral and financial leadership. As former members of Congress and civil society organizations call for an international component in the next U.S. coronavirus response package, George Ingram makes the case for paying up on arrears owed to multilateral development banks.
Community health, not hospitals. While wealthy countries’ COVID-19 response focuses on social distancing, lockdowns, and increased hospital capacity, developing countries need to pursue a different strategy, argues Nachiket Mor.
Women and girls in Africa’s COVID-19 response. Given women’s particular challenges during COVID-19, governments must take bold steps to mainstream gender in their responses to the crisis, write Chuku Chuku, Adamon Mukasa, and Yasin Yenice.
The midlife dip in well-being. Despite psychologists hesitation, there is no doubt about the existence of a dip in well-being in middle age, find David G. Blanchflower and Carol Graham.
A siren call for health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Kushal Kadakia and Andrea Thoumi identify four opportunities for global health policy to renew the world’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals during and after the pandemic.
Who’s afraid of COVID-19? Humans are bad at assessing risk even in the best of times. But during a pandemic, fear can overwhelm reason, making for disastrous policy mistakes, warns Kaushik Basu.
