In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.
thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
纽约—根据包括由我担任执行主任的联合国人口基金(UNFPA)在内的联合国孕产妇死亡率估算机构间小组(United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group)的最新数据,2020年估计有28.7万名妇女死于妊娠期、分娩中或分娩后不久。这个数字大致相当于2004年印度洋海啸或2010年海地地震的死亡人数,它们是现代历史上最致命的两次自然灾害。
如此规模的人道灾难通常会有好几个星期的新闻报导,公众的大量支持以及采取紧急行动的呼吁。然而,每年死于分娩的妇女人数惊人,在很大程度上却仍然是一场无声的危机。更令人担忧的是,该小组发现, 减少孕产妇死亡的进展陷入了停滞。
我们中有多少人知道有人在怀孕或分娩期间死亡或接近死亡?也无处不在在的痛苦是问题的一部分——孕产妇死亡好像不可避免。但从长远看,绝大多数孕产妇死亡可以通过花不了多少钱的简单干预措施来预防 。
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