TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth DIGITAL TRADE: TOP TRADE NEGOTIATION PRIORITIES FOR CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOWS AND ONLINE TRADE IN SERVICES ABSTRACT This policy brief sets out recommendations to achieve a new multilateral framework of trade rules in the digital arena, thereby facilitating continued digital [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WTO: TOWARD A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPMENT STATUS AND SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT ABSTRACT World Trade Organization (WTO) members have divergent views about developing country-member status and special and differential treatment [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth CONFRONTING “DEGLOBALIZATION” IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM ABSTRACT The first two decades of this millennium were marked by major political, economic and geopolitical disruptions. This has led many analysts to predict that the world economy is entering a phase [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth BOOSTING G20 COOPERATION FOR WTO REFORM: LEVERAGING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF PLURILATERAL INITIATIVES ABSTRACT In order to preserve the central role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global trade it is necessary to revive the negotiating function of [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 BOOSTING EQUITABLE ACCESS AND PRODUCTION OF DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPEUTICS AND VACCINES TO CONFRONT COVID-19 ON A GLOBAL FOOTING ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the devastating impact of a large-scale disease on global health and wellbeing, security and economies. It has [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 REGIONAL COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS COVID-19 AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS ABSTRACT The need for regional cooperation in addressing health threats and supporting preparedness is clear. Regional cooperation around COVID-19 has varied, reflecting disparities in political support, resources and health [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 FROM PATHOGENS TO PEOPLE: ENHANCING REPORTING AND SURVEILLANCE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF DISEASE OUTBREAKS ABSTRACT Infectious disease outbreaks are a threat to global health and security. Current systems for early and effective reporting and monitoring of pathogens and other [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 CULTURE AND SCIENCES FOR LIFE: TOWARDS A GLOBAL HEALTH LITERACY ALLIANCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ABSTRACT Health literacy is essential for containing and solving global health crises such as COVID-19. By contrast, scientifically unconfirmed and false data can be shared [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 ONE HEALTH-BASED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS PLANS ADDRESSING GLOBAL HEALTH THREATS ABSTRACT Prevention and preparedness to health threats pose several challenges: to identify multifactorial drivers, to detect and evaluate risks as early as possible, [...]

TF1 - Global Health and Covid-19 BEYOND THE TYRANNY OF THE URGENT: LONG-TERM SYSTEMIC AND INTERSECTORAL REFORMS ON GENDER-RELATED HEALTH BARRIERS IN COVID-19 RECOVERY ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender-related structural inequalities and barriers in women’s healthcare access – a phenomenon similarly observed in [...]