Experts from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs have analysed the current economic indicators in developed and developing countries and established a trend towards regional integration, conditioned by economic crisis and catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roscongress Foundation analysts have compiled a series of excerpts from panel discussions held at key Roscongress Foundation events to accompany the main theses of the study.
In this report, the consulting company Board of Innovation looks at fundamental changes in entrepreneurship and the global economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests strategic solutions to be taken in the current conditions.
The UN Secretary General Briefing Note presents a study of the impact of COVID-19 on populations already vulnerable before the crisis, such as illegal migrants, migrant workers with unstable livelihoods, or those working in the informal economy.
The World Energy Council has presented the results of a review entitled ‘Shaping the future while managing a crisis: analysis from the World Energy Council’. The study reflects the key problems facing businesses in the energy sector along with the most effective strategies for solving them. Energy development scenarios and mechanisms to adapt to unstable economic conditions — all of these issues will form part of the business programme at the World Energy Congress in St. Petersburg in 2022. The event is organized by the World Energy Council, the Russian National Committee of the World Energy Council and the Roscongress Foundation.
The coronavirus outbreak is only the latest in a long series of wakeup calls over the past few decades for the global health community. Once again, a high consequence pathogen, likely incubated in nature, infected humans, and overwhelmed health care systems before the medical community could figure out how to contain it. As of the time of this writing, more than 78,000 COVID-19 confirmed cases and nearly 2,500 deaths have been reported.
