TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 HEALTH SYSTEMS: STRENGTHENING PREPAREDNESS ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has increased pressures on health systems across the world, exacerbating existing resource and capacity constraints. To guarantee health quality and efficiency for all, it is necessary for health systems to substantially increase [...]
TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 ACCESS TO EDUCATION DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES: KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN ABSTRACT Education is society’s greatest equalizer and a significant determinant of sustainable economic growth. Halting education exacerbates socio-economic and gender inequalities within and between countries and negatively impacts future [...]
TF4 - Digital Transformation HUMAN-CENTRIC AI: FROM PRINCIPLES TO ACTIONABLE AND SHARED POLICIES ABSTRACT AI is increasingly being used to support and improve human decision-making. This technology holds the promise of delivering valuable insights and knowledge across a multitude of applications. However, the broad adoption [...]
TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance G20 ANNUAL GLOBAL RISK REPORT ABSTRACT We recommend issuing an annual report on “Global Risk”, which would become a flagship product of G20 with support from T20. By ranking the top global risks in the report, G20 could help improve [...]
TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance DEEPENING G20-UN SYSTEM COOPERATION TO FOSTER SOCIO-ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC AND REDUCE INEQUALITY WORLDWIDE: TOWARDS A G20+ ABSTRACT This policy brief recommends the introduction of a “G20+” to lead the way on a post-pandemic socio-economic recovery that is effective, [...]
TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance STRENGTHENING MULTILATERALISM AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ABSTRACT Multi-stakeholder partnerships are of great relevance in international development cooperation and foreign aid. Data is also critical in supporting this field, but it is difficult to obtain updated information about [...]
TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND STATE POWER: HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF DLT THROUGH MULTILATERALISM ABSTRACT The challenges induced by COVID-19 highlight the need for a multilateral approach towards recovery. These challenges have combined with anti-establishment sentiment towards systems of governance. Concurrently, cryptocurrencies have [...]
Commentary by Smita Srinivas, Co-Chair of Task Force 1 on Global Health and Covid-19. Originally published on IAI's website. A year and a half into the pandemic, industrial policies are reverting to a dangerous “normal”, aggravating the drivers of the pandemic and accelerating the same business models that arguably brought us to this crisis juncture. [...]
Download the T20 Statement in PDF This is the most important moment for Health in a century. More than 200 million people have had confirmed COVID-19, and more than 4.5 million people are known to have died of the disease worldwide, making COVID-19 the most consequential global pandemic since 1918. The actual health toll [...]
