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Displaying 113 of about 113 resultsThe present report sets out participating multilateral partners' consolidated socio-economic response and recovery offer to the Government of Uzbekistan in addressing the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The report highlights ongoing and planned support by participating partners in seven priority areas of the socio-economic re…
UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced the series of policy briefs Articulating social and environmental policy for post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery.
This policy brief refers to opportunities to build back better following the COVID-19 crisis. The main policy options proposed are (pp. 3-4):
Conditional…
This document should be read in the context of the Secretary General’s report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Group’s framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19. In this report, the UN Environment Programme lays out how it is adjusting its work in re…
The impacts of COVID-19 are being felt across The Gambia’s socioeconomic landscape, exacerbating existing inequalities and threatening hard-won progress. In response, the government has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), establishing a secretariat to reprioritise the current national development plan (NDP) to serve as a blue…
The focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 38) is the role of the individual in relation to crises and the benefits of public involvement in emergency planning. We discuss how recovery reinstates preparedness, while renewal enhances resilience and consider how Local Resilience Capability can be understood, sustained and enhanced by local govern…
Rather than recommend a single dominant option for pandemic response in Australia, the authors present and explain two options for the nation’s consideration – elimination or controlled adaptation. Any choice between these two options entails a delicate trade-off between protecting health, supporting the economy and societal well-being. This report…
Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, ASEAN has responded swiftly, affirming its commitment to work together to overcome the pandemic and concurrently consider its collective and long-term socioeconomic recovery strategy. One of ASEAN’s main COVID-19 initiatives is the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF), which serves as the region’s consolida…
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on disaster response and recovery from various types of hazards, with regard to preparedness, evacuation, volunteering, early recovery, awareness and knowledge of different types of hazards, and preparedness capacity development. This study targets hazards such as Cyclone Amphan in India, the Kumamoto flood…