What Actions are required to Mitigate the Impacts of Coronavirus on the Poorest and Most Vulnerable People?

Reducing poverty and improving equity
Mar 29, 2020 | Development Initiatives, Harpinder Collacott

Written by Harpinder Collacott  of Development Initiatives, this article examines what the coronavirus pandemic teaches about the need for a global response to crisis, and the role that international public financing can play. She highlights three areas of action needed to provide an international response to global crises: global public investment; a joined-up response among humanitarian, development and peace actors; and the role of civil registration and effective statistics systems in counting all people, everywhere.
https://www.devinit.org/blog/what-actions-are-required-mitigate-impacts-coronavirus-poorest-and-most-vulnerable-people/

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