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A new IMF paper shows the financial support needed for low-income countries in their recovery from the pandemic, with billions needed now and in the future.

The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report shows that the time needed to close the global gap has increased over the last year to 136 years.

One of these robots, created by Swiss start-up UVeya, can entirely disinfect a single-aisled plane in 13 minutesm - it's hoped they could restore confidence in travel.

Top stories: India overtakes Brazil as second worst-hit country; 'Shocking imbalance' remains in global vaccine distribution – WHO; Peru reports record new daily COVID-19 deaths total.

Governments and stakeholders need to cooperate more closely across borders in parallel to negotiating data openness in modern trade deals.

Tourism rose to the forefront of the global agenda in 2020, due to the devastating impact of COVID-19 Recovery will be driven by technology and innovation – specifically seamless travel solutions, but it will be long, uneven and slow Success hinges on international coordination and collaboration across the public and private sectors Tourism was one of the sectors hit hardest by the global pandemic. 2020 was the worst year on record for international travel due to the global pandemic, with cou...

its members have already taken and seeks to inspire new commitments . It outlines 25 concrete recommendations for five key stakeholder groups to support social entrepreneurs during COVID-19: Intermediaries and networks are called on to surface the needs of the social entrepreneurs they serve on the ground and provide them with fitting support (Impact) investors are called on to adapt their investment priorities and processes and to provide flexible capital and must-have technical assistance Co...

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić told the Global Technology Governance Summit that a shift to e-government had already saved 180 million sheets of A4.

As Chief Ethical and Humane Use Officer, I’ve worked closely with my team over the past year to apply our ethical and humane use principles when developing technology that addresses these crises. With this work, we’ve learned valuable lessons which will remain important and applicable long after the current pandemic is over. We share these lessons in the spirit of transparency as we navigate this uncharted territory together, knowing we always have more to learn. Lesson 1: Learn from th...

The Great Green Wall initiative aims to restore an 8,000km strip of savanna along the southern edge of the Sahara desert. 100 million hectares of land are to be restored, 10 million jobs created and 250 megatonnes of carbon sequestered. The initiative has just received a funding boost from donors including France and the World Bank to help achieve its goals by 2030. Green is not the first colour you typically associate with the arid Sahel region in Africa. But a pan-regional initiative could ch...