

Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.
日内瓦—作为世界卫生组织总干事委任的2019冠状病毒病特使,我们亲眼目睹了疫情带来的痛苦,在贫困地区尤为严重。这些可怕的悲剧在我们眼前愈演愈烈,远未结束。
一旦出现传染性疾病,首要任务往往是拯救生命和保护今世后代的健康和福祉。与此同时,我们愈加担心2019冠状病毒病所造成的巨大社会经济损失,疫情依旧肆虐,全球人民苦于维持生计,显然,这次疫情不止是一次卫生紧急事件,而是一场全球性社会危机。
因此,我们最担心的是,几十年来全球经济持续进步,但一场疫情给未来几代人的经济发展蒙上阴影。部分地区经济状况倒退了20年,在提高就业、扩大基本服务和改善教育(特别是女童教育)等方面取得的成就均受到新冠的威胁,基础设施、水资源和卫生设施、疾病控制、政治稳定和治理机构的改善也同样岌岌可危。
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