Countries: Brazil, Canada, Peru, World Source: Pan American Health Organization Health systems in the Americas are not adequately responding to the needs of older adults and must be adapted in light of the pandemic, say experts at the Pan American Health Organization.

It’s one of the most private decisions, even as the public discussions on having children in the face of an uncertain climate future tend to be contentious for a host of reasons. But that conversation is again front and center in the United States, where a new poll of childless […]

Event Post September 30, 2020 Policy seminar: COVID-19 impacts on African agricultural trade and food security Julie Kurtz How governments and businesses across the continent are dealing with pandemic disruptions.

The United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced that certain temporary measures put in place under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA), which became law on 26 June 2020, will be extended. Statutory Demands and Winding-Up Petitions Statutory demands and winding-up petitions by creditors […]

Research Post September 29, 2020 New methods aren’t always silver bullets: Challenges with use of the inverse hyperbolic sine transformation for elasticity estimation Alan de Brauw Sylvan Herskowitz An analysis of food demand data from Nigeria identifies an interesting problem.

Country: World Source: World Health Organization The global economy is expected to contract by US$7 trillion in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. Only by tackling it together, will lives and livelihoods be restored, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Japan Airlines (JAL) will be dropping “ladies and gentlemen” in favor of more inclusive greetings like “attention all passengers” and “welcome, everyone” from October 1 on flights and in airports worldwide.