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New Research Raises Alarm for Our Most Precious Buffer to Climate Change: Groundwater

Viewpoint by Vincent Casey

The writer is Senior WASH Manager – Water, WaterAid UK

LONDON (IDN) – WaterAid’s newly released water security research has uncovered an alarming lack of global governance and grave mismanagement of the world’s precious groundwater reserves, needlessly putting millions of lives at risk.

Hundreds of millions of people rely on groundwater for their daily water needs. As global populations continue to grow and climate change threatens water security, groundwater extraction seems the obvious answer to boosting food production and industry.…

The Need to Engage Youth Social Entrepreneurs to Accelerate the SDGs

Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Ms. Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, Indonesia.

BANGKOK (IDN) – This year, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary – a milestone of extraordinary economic and social progress in Asia and the Pacific. While the Organization enjoys a lifespan almost equal to the world’s improved average life expectancy, the future lies with those who have recently embarked on theirs: our young people.…

新型コロナウィルス感染症が拡大するなか「二重の脅威」に直面する移民たち

【バージニアIDN＝ジャクリーン・シャルスキ-ファウツ】

移住労働者は、新型コロナウィルスの感染が世界的に広がる中、「エッセンシャルワーカー（＝社会にとって必要不可欠な労働者）」として、世界経済の最前線に立ち続けてきた。しかしこれは大きなリスクを伴うもので、彼らは、「国際救援委員会」が「想像を超える二重の緊急事態」と言及しているものに直面している。

紛争や強制退去を経験した移民たちは、世界的なパンデミックだけではなく、経済不況がもたらす影響にも立ち向かっていかなければならない。脆弱な立場にある移民たちは貧困に陥りやすく、紛争や追放の憂き目にあったり、危険な労働環境や厳しい生活環境に追いやられやすい。従って、ホストコミュニテイーで失業が増えれば、移民たちに対する経済支援や法律面での支援、さらには感染から身を守るための個人防護具へのアクセスを支援する必要がある。…

新型コロナで消費者の購買行動のデジタル化が加速していることが明らかに

【ジュネーブIDN＝ジャムシェド・バルーア】

「新型コロナウィルス感染症（COVID-19）の世界的な流行（パンデミック）はデジタル社会への加速を強めました。私たちが今日起こしている変化は、今後経済が回復しても継続していくでしょう。オンラインショッピングの広まりは、世界がパンデミックから回復するにつれデジタル化のチャンスがさらに拡大することを意味しており、あらゆる国がこの機会を活かせるよう対策を急がねばなりません。」と、ムキサ・キトゥイ国連貿易開発会議（UNCTAD）事務局長は語った。

キトゥイ事務局長の発言は、COVID-19のパンデミックがeコマースやデジタルソリューションの活用について消費者の行動にどのような変化をもたらしたかを調べた「新型コロナ感染症（COVID-19）とeコマース」と題した調査結果に基づくものである。調査国は先進国と新興国を含む９カ国（ブラジル、中国、ドイツ、イタリア、韓国、ロシア、南アフリカ共和国、スイス、トルコ）であった。…

Financing and Political Will Critical to Avert A ‘Generational Crisis’ Triggered by COVID-19

By Santo D. Banerjee

NEW YORK (IDN) – The world is at risk of suffering “a generational catastrophe”, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the education of students globally, the Secretary-General António Guterres has warned.

In a video message to the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Global Education Meeting (GEM), on October 22, he reminded delegates that the pandemic had had a “disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable and marginalized children and youth”.

GEM was sponsored by Norway, Britain and Ghana.…

Imigran Menghadapi “Ancaman Ganda” di Tengah Pandemi Virus Corona

Oleh Jacqueline Skalski-Fouts

Artikel ini membahas dampak ekonomi dan sosial dari pandemi virus corona dengan fokus khusus pada pengungsi, pencari suaka, dan pekerja migran.

VIRGINIA, AS (IDN) – Pekerja migran telah berada di garis depan ekonomi dunia selama pandemi COVID-19, sebagai pekerja esensial. Dan ini berisiko besar bagi diri mereka sendiri. Mereka menghadapi apa yang oleh Komite Penyelamatan Internasional disebut sebagai “darurat ganda yang tak terbayangkan”.…

COVID-19: Europeans Can Learn from Developing Countries

Developed Countries Should Change Their Mindset

Viewpoint by Maru Mormina and Ifeanyi M. Nsofor*

OXFORD | WASHINGTON (IDN) – Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of the regions worst affected by COVID-19. Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European. The other ten are in the Americas. This includes the US, which has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the world.…

Migrants Face “Double Threat” Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

By Jacqueline Skalski-Fouts*

This article discusses the economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic with a particular focus on refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers.

VIRGINIA, USA (IDN) – Migrant workers have been at the forefront of the world economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, as essential workers. And this with enormous risk to themselves. They are facing what the International Rescue Committee refers to as an “unimaginable double emergency”. (P20) INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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BM Anketi Sonucunda COVID-19’un İnternet Alışverişi İyileştirdiği Keşfedildi

Yazar: Jamshed Baruah

CENEVRE (IDN) – Ticaret ve Kalkınma hakkında yapılan BM Konferansı (UNCTAD) Genel Sekreteri Mukhisa Kituyi, “COVID-19 pandemisi daha dijital bir dünyaya doğru değişimi hızlandırdı. Dünya ekonomisi düzelmeye başladığında, şu anda yaptığımız değişikliklerin kalıcı etkileri olacak,” şeklinde konuştu.

Dünya çapında internet alışverişinin hızlanması, dünya pandemik cevaptan kurtulmaya geçerken tüm ülkelerin dijitalleşme ile sunulan fırsatları yakalayabilmesinin sağlanmasına yönelik aciliyetin altını çiziyor, diye ekledi.…

UN Concerned About Corruption in The Midst of COVID-19

By Caroline Mwanga

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations is concerned about corruption in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which it says is proving “to be even more damaging in its impact on the most vulnerable”.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres described corruption as “criminal, immoral and the ultimate betrayal of public trust. It is even more damaging in times of crisis – as the world is experiencing now with the COVID-19 pandemic”.…

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Month:

New Research Raises Alarm for Our Most Precious Buffer to Climate Change: Groundwater

The Need to Engage Youth Social Entrepreneurs to Accelerate the SDGs

新型コロナウィルス感染症が拡大するなか「二重の脅威」に直面する移民たち

新型コロナで消費者の購買行動のデジタル化が加速していることが明らかに

Financing and Political Will Critical to Avert A ‘Generational Crisis’ Triggered by COVID-19

Imigran Menghadapi “Ancaman Ganda” di Tengah Pandemi Virus Corona

COVID-19: Europeans Can Learn from Developing Countries

Migrants Face “Double Threat” Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

BM Anketi Sonucunda COVID-19’un İnternet Alışverişi İyileştirdiği Keşfedildi

UN Concerned About Corruption in The Midst of COVID-19

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