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VACCINE INEQUITY UNDERMINING GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

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New Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Vaccine Equity finds low-income countries would add $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had the same vaccination rate as high-income countries.…

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The Covid-19 pandemic has provided the impetus for a stronger partnership between India and Africa with potential benefits to both as they build back sustainably after the crisis, experts attending…

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has called on countries to ensure that plans to recover from the pandemic support progress towards the…

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There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations has revealed – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact…

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Around one in three countries where schools are or have been closed are not yet implementing remedial programmes post-COVID-19 school closures, according to a UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank and OECD…

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The World Bank has approved a $500 million programme to support India’s large informal workforce and create greater flexibility for states to cope with the ongoing pandemic, future climate, and…

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The World Bank has approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh to help the country strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Higher Education Acceleration…

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VACCINE INEQUITY UNDERMINING GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

CLOSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND AFRICA COULD BENEFIT 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE

‘TRULY GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION’ CALLED FOR

PANDEMIC YEAR MARKED BY SPIKE IN WORLD HUNGER

1 IN 3 COUNTRIES ARE YET TO HELP STUDENTS CATCH UP ON THEIR LEARNING

PROGRAMME TO PROTECT INDIA’S INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS

FINANCE BOOST FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN BANGLADESH

NATIONAL DAY – VANUATU

40% OF CHILDREN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA NOT IN SCHOOL

WORLD HEPATITIS DAY

EARLY SIGNS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN SIERRA LEONE