Just Transitions
The issue of climate change is one of the priority issues to which Algeria pays great attention because of its geographical location in the Mediterranean, which is considered one of the most vulnerable and weakened by global warming and its adverse effects such as desertification, drought, heavy rains and floods. To this en Image: Photo by aboodi vesakaran on Unsplash
on 14.11.22
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The Parliamentary Network is a global platform for parliamentarians from over 160 countries with over 2000 members to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in International Financial Institutions and multilateral development financing. A Parliamentary Network Chapter brings together a group of parliamentari
on 29.09.22
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our world is turned upside down by the pandemic—by the loss of more than a million lives, by the economic impact on billions of people. In low-income countries, the shocks are so profound that we face the risk of a “lost generation.”
on 11.10.20
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Speech by World Bank Group President David Malpass at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
on 11.10.20
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Multilateral institutions – the UN, WTO, WHO, World Bank, IMF, ILO and others – have to be far more effective in forging at least minimal global consensus to reduce protectionism and encourage international trade; ensure that any COVID-19 vaccine is distributed fairly across the globe; strengthen health systems; decisiv Image: Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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If we are to ensure our global institutions are transformative, they must return to their founding philosophy. Social justice, inclusion and equity can no longer be guiding principles. They must be the core of our work to deliver global economic security. Image: Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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Now, more than ever, we need governments to be acting as global citizens, thinking of international aid as a stepping stone to prosperity and planning for a long-term mission to strengthen international financial institutions. Hard choices for many countries - and their partners - lie ahead. Image: Photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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HARNESSING PRIVATE SECTOR CAPITAL - COVID-19 is a wake-up call for policymakers and investors to accelerate a just transition to a low carbon economy Image: Photo by Chang Qing on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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HARNESSING PRIVATE SECTOR CAPITAL Mobilising new resources will be mission-critical to delivering Just Transitions. Investors with over $10 trillion under management have signed up to Environment and Sustainability Goals. That’s a start. Image: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX If we’re to rebound quickly after the COVID Crash, we need clarity on the path to pay down debt. Taxes on the most fortunate are one option policymakers will consider. Image: Photo by Matt Lamers on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR TAX States will need to mobilise new taxes to help finance Just Transitions. Carbon taxes are too low today. In the future, they could help reduce emissions - and finance positive change. Image: Photo by Marcin Jozwiak on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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STRONGER STRATEGIES FOR GENDER EQUALITY Leaders need to be willing to listen to the voices of their communities and learn from the challenges and raised issues during the pandemic - and have the courage, knowledge and audacity to adopt well informed gender balanced, resilient, inclusive and environmentally friendly recovery Image: Photo by Andrew Leu on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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Pandemics ruthlessly expose inequities in healthcare. But ending that injustice requires fresh thinking about how to harness - and take into mainstream policy - a host of behaviour insights about the realities of how we live. Image: Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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Transforming Health Systems - If COVID has underlined one thing, it is the need to set health reform as the cornerstone for delivering on the worlds sustainable development goals.
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR RESKILLING OECD research estimates that around 1% to 4.5% of GDP would be needed to retrain individuals from occupations at high-risk of automation. As governments think about how to design recovery plans, re-skilling should be a top priority. Image: Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash
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on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES TO DELIVER EDUCATION Republished here with permission, this report was launched in April 2020. Insights from the 2014-15 Ebola epidemic and the 2008 global financial crisis help us understand the critical importance of girls’ education. Image: Photo by Les Anderson on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY With eighty per cent of the developing world already living under cellular Internet signal, new technology offers a big opportunity for economic progress. But foundation digital systems, like digital IDs and payment systems, plus a digital compact that helps foster trust, could ma Image: Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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NEW STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE JOBS EMERGENCY Before the crisis, sixty percent of primary school children were forecast to work in jobs not yet invented. But as young people bear the brunt of the global rise in unemployment, it becomes more important than ever to invest in whole systems approaches to creating opportunities fo Image: Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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As we celebrate 75 years of the United Nations, the world community faces a stiff task safeguarding the world’s poorest against a fallback into poverty - and the rise in global temperatures which threaten poverty for millions more. We will only deliver by renewing cooperation, dialogue and sharing expertise. Image: Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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The developing world has fundamentally changed since the 1990s, albeit in a more precarious way than it may at first seem. COVID-19 now threatens many of the gains. Image: Photo by Noah on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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COVID-19 may accelerate trends underway before the crisis with an acceleration of de-globalisation, rising US-China tensions, and a battle within nation-states among oligarchs,authoritarian populists, and liberal internationalists. Image: Photo by Veri Ivanova on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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The impact of COVID is likely to accelerate the Fourth Industrial Revolution. That will create new opportunities - but imperil 15-30% of jobs in the next decade. Major interventions will be needed to help workers make the leap from old jobs to new. Image: Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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As the world fights to combat COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the promise of technologies to help us battle the pandemics of today and the future. But governments will have to master how to safely share the data. Image: Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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Almost half of all jobs in Africa could be lost as COVID-19 hits. Recovery requires seizing the opportunity to rebuild more robust, competitive, and inclusive economies that unlock the productivity of all 1.2 billion citizens of the African continent. Image: Photo by Rohan Reddy on Unsplash
on 09.10.20
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