Chapter 1. The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Globally-shared Experience: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Pandemic Economics: Essential Features and Outstanding Questions -- Chapter 3. Pandemic Analysis I: Global Governance for a Global Pandemic? -- Chapter 4. Pandemic Analysis II: Governmental Actions...

Purpose The spread of COVID-19 is not just a health crisis. The pandemic has taken a geopolitical dimension. The health crisis amplified the competitive dynamics between the USA and China, affected the provision of global public goods and injected instability into the global order. In line with...

The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations (CSOs) and the communities they serve. A broad-based survey, initiated by the United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development and guided by a Civil Society Steering Committee, was undertaken in 2009...