Temperatures of 38 degrees Celsius are hardly unusual in June in many a place worldwide, but they do seem extraordinary north of the Arctic Circle. Yet on June 20 local meteorologists in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk, which is in an area of eastern Siberia called Yakutia, reported that the […]

Research Post June 25, 2020 COVID-19 lockdown measures and falling remittances lead to economic pain in Myanmar Xinshen Diao Michael Wang A analysis shows a 41% decline in GDP during the two-week lockdown.

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: International Rescue Committee An IRC survey found Ebola-hit communities are facing deteriorating mental health, reduced access to healthcare, increased violence against women and girls and major income losses.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruptions to the agricultural economies of Southeast Asia, and severely impacted countless livelihoods of the more than 600 million people living in the ten countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Sectors of the economy focused on food and agriculture […]