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Global health challenges threaten the United States’ health and economic security, a reality made painfully clear over the past 14 months. Many low- and middle-income countries lack adequate domestic resources to invest in public health and, at the same time, face mounting debt burdens that impede their ability to raise new funding for essential investments. The Covid-19 pandemic is a call to action to rethink how the United States prioritizes pandemic preparedness and investments in public health. U.S. leadership will be essential to mobilizing investment from the official sector and pri...

Wang Zhao—AFP/Getty Images Chinese honor guards are reflected in the glass of a bus as they prepare for the arrival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, September 2, 2016, ahead of the 11th G20 leaders’ summit. What Can We Expect from China at the G20? A ChinaFile Conversation by Sophie Richardson, Joanna Lewis, Li Shuo, John Delury, Philipp Ivanov, Ho-fung Hung, Lina Benabdallah, Yaqiu Wang, Chen Weihua, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Gregory Chin, Carla Freeman, Scott Kennedy, Tobias Harris, Taisu Zhang, Margaret Lewis September 1, 2016 The China...

10 minute read Ministers from Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, the European Union, Fiji, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, United Arab Emirates, the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, and heads of the Asian Development Bank, Green Climate Fund, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Europe...

The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially damaging to the economic well-being of women worsening gender inequality.

Investing in digital up-skilling of APEC's workforce critical: report 24th February 2021 APEC Illustration —  A digital readiness checklist has been designed to help APEC governments, employers, and academia understand their levels of preparedness for jobs in the digital age and to support their efforts to up-skill and reskill workers amid COVID-19. (ANTARA/HO-APEC Secretariat) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hiring of workers with digital skills has grown substantially in the last three years across the APEC region, according to a recent report issued by the APEC Human Resources Develo...