Meinung
Universal basic income

Social transfers stabilise aggregate demand

The Covid-19 crisis is the right time to test UBI policies

Green power

Behind schedule

At current trends, India will not achieve important climate goals

Our view

The opportunity of crisis

Covid-19 has dramatically reduced energy consumption around the world, providing an opportunity for a rethink

Global crisis

Debt swaps make sense

Donor governments must not let Covid-19 undo the development success of past decades

Infrastructure

Destructive biomass demand

Many Ugandans still rely on traditional biomass for energy purposes

Employment

The urgency of public works programmes

Labour-intensive public employment schemes build vital infrastructure and alleviate poverty at the same time

Pandemic response

Why lockdowns may prove deadly

Neglect of how the urban poor live, is making Covid-19 responses dangerous in many low-income countries

Covid-19

Pandemic apartheid

In India, Hindu-supremacists are now blaming Muslims for Covid-19

Pandemic

Science-based protection

African responses to Covid-19 must be evidence-based and context-specific

Coronavirus

Global responsibility

Coronavirus: health systems must serve all people, regardless of their income

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