Carl Bildt
The more that global warming reduces the ice cover in the Arctic, the greater the need there will be for multilateral arrangements to govern trade, resource extraction, and other issues across the region. Without forward-looking cooperation, a zero-sum scramble will ensue, leaving everyone worse off.
explains what is at stake as global warming opens up the region to more shipping and other human activities.
Carl Manlan
redefines “equitable growth” for the African context, urges the IMF to make greater use of Special Drawing Rights, and explains why going cashless depends on women.
Mariana Mazzucato & Anthony Costello
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has embraced mission-oriented governance in letter but not in spirit. Far from empowering the state to serve the public interest, his plan for a COVID-19 testing "moonshot" threatens to weaken further the capacity of the public-health sector.
view the UK prime minister's plan for a testing "moonshot" as an appropriate ambition gone badly awry.
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伦敦/蒙罗维亚/基加利—没有一个国家逃脱COVID-19。但一些国家——全球最“脆弱的国家”面临着特别艰巨的挑战。疫情爆发前，也门、苏丹、海地、塞拉利昂、缅甸、阿富汗、委内瑞拉和其他困难国家已经深陷贫困、冲突、腐败和治理不善。如今，这些因素让它们几乎无法应对COVID-19危机。
一国抵抗疫情所需要的，正是脆弱国家所缺乏的：具备制定和实现全面行动计划、有效的执法警力、分发资金和供给的社会保障计划，以及为被传染者提供健康服务的能力的政府。
国家能力的缺乏在公共卫生领域最为显著。欧洲每百万人拥有4000张重症监护病床，而非洲许多国家每百万人只有五张。马里全国只有三台呼吸机。
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