COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
Economy
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MPFD Working Paper on Financing Structure, Micro and Small Enterprises’ Performance, and Woman Entrepreneurship in Indonesia
<p>Access to finance has been found crucial in influencing firms’ real activities and economic performance. This paper investigates the relationship between the financing structure and firm performance
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Tackling Illicit Financial Flows for Sustainable Development in Africa
<p>llicit financial flows strip government treasuries of needed resources for development expenditure. The report’s findings confirm that such financial flows are high in Africa and have been increasing
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Hidden hunger in Syria: A look at malnutrition across Syria, with a focus on under-twos
<p>Seven hundred thousand more children face hunger in Syria owing to the country’s badly-damaged economy, partly due to the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions. It means in the last six months,
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Policy responses to COVID-19: Repurposing National Highways for Good
<p>COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. Asia-Pacific leaders are simultaneously struggling to save lives and livelihoods. Working from home, online pedagogy and telemedicine are the new
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Time to reach for the moon – The EU needs to step up action and lead the transformation to sustainability
<p>This report explains how and why the European Union’s statistics on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)create an illusion of sustainability. It tells a more critical story about sustainability
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Economic and Revenue Sector, Government of Gujarat
<p>The Report contains significant findings of audit of the Departments under Economic Sector and of the Receipts and Expenditure of major Revenue earning Departments under Revenue Sector under the provisions
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A Blueprint for Business Leadership
<p>With less than 10 years to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), action is still not happening at the speed or scale required - despite a groudswell of ambition and action from organisations
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Trade and Development Report 2020- From global pandemic to prosperity for all: avoiding another lost decade
<p>The world economy is experiencing a deep recession amid a still-unchecked pandemic. Now is the time to hammer out a plan for global recovery, one that can credibly return even the most vulnerable countries
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Downward Spiral: the economic impact of Covid-19 on refugees and displaced people
<p>This report is based on a survey of 1,400 people affected by conflict and displacement in eight countries, and more detailed surveys and needs assessment in a total of 14 countries. The Norwegian Refugee