10 July 2020
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Preparing for the Covid-19 recession in sub-Saharan Africa
Most sub-Saharan African countries have not yet experienced a major Covid-19 outbreak, and governments have already taken action to reduce its impact. But if the objective of the response of governments and international organisations is to reduce excess mortality in Africa, they must not...
10 July 2020
Opinion
“Go in disguise to ensure you receive medical treatment”- religious discrimination in Pakistan
Hazaras are both an ethnic and religious minority in majority Sunni Pakistan. In Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, there are about half a million Hazara Shias, regarded as apostates by some extremist Sunni groups. They have experienced an increase in discrimination since the outbreak of...
9 July 2020
Opinion
Can developing countries do better than the Unified Approach?
Developing countries lose substantial revenues every year to corporate tax avoidance, exacerbated by globalization and digitalization. As part of the OECD/G20 project on addressing the tax challenges of the digitalization of the economy, the OECD secretariat have recently presented the Unified...
9 July 2020
Opinion
How Brazil’s local responses to Covid can help us re-imagine food systems
Localised solidarity and innovation in food provisioning have emerged across Brazil in response to the Covid-19 crisis (see our recent blog for more on this). But what factors enabled these rapid responses from below and how they can help in re-imagining food systems? Factors enabling...
8 July 2020
Opinion
Building coalitions to promote equitable taxation beyond the Covid era
Since its onset, governments the world over have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by ramping up spending and providing tax relief to ailing families and businesses, even in the face of dwindling revenues. This has inevitably led to widened fiscal deficits and ballooning public debts. For a...
7 July 2020
3 July 2020
Opinion
Merging DFID and Foreign Office puts research at risk
New department must retain approach and expertise built over decades, says Melissa Leach. Prime minister Boris Johnson’s 19 June announcement that the UK Department for International Development (DFID) is to be merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has raised many concerns....
3 July 2020
Opinion
Localised food networks give hope in Brazil’s Covid-19 crisis
Brazil is being severely struck by Covid-19. The soaring number of deaths, rising unemployment, and food insecurity, together with baffling negligence by the federal government, paint a bleak picture. Yet, there are uplifting stories of solidarity and innovation in food provisioning propping up...
2 July 2020
Opinion
When Covid-19 impacts your PhD fieldwork
Ru-Yu Lin is a PhD researcher exploring local responses to environmental change in the Eastern Himalayas. In March her fieldwork was suddenly interrupted by Covid-19 and she had to rethink her approach. In this blog post, she shares her experiences and hope with others who are in a similar...
1 July 2020
Opinion
How can civil society help achieve more equitable and accountable tax systems?
There is growing international attention on tax collection in low-income countries. This attention is only amplifying in light of the increased revenue pressures faced by governments around the world as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. While governments will be seeking new revenue sources in...
30 June 2020
Opinion
Online learning about social protection, for everyone everywhere
Never has the need for social protection been greater. In response to the economic and social fallout of Covid-19, almost every country in the world has introduced or expanded programmes that support those who are most vulnerable. Informal and farm workers, migrants and people on the move, and...
30 June 2020