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Higher unemployment rates, gender disparity, income and wealth inequality: these are some of the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic. While a number of vaccines against Covid-19 was developed in record time, it might take decades to undo the social and economic damage caused by the virus. The crisis has exacerbated inequalities across all major fault lines in society and undone hard-won gains in poverty reduction across the globe. Inequality is the gift the keeps on taking. While wealthy nations have been able to secure enough Covid-19 shots to inoculate their populations several times o...

news Nepal's roadmap for green recovery from Covid-19 My Republica Nepal, Jan. 10 -- Green recovery with social harmony and cohesion can be a utopian concept unless existing structural inequalities are addressed at the same time. Nepal recently restated its commitment to green growth and recovery during Climate Ambition Summit and on the same day the Government of Nepal and Development Partners(DPs) agreed in a joint statement to work collaboratively for green recovery from Covid-19. These two events can be taken as most welcoming steps for 'build back greener', which places c...

Brazilian labour market amidst Coronavirus pandemic: Impact and way forward Workers sit idle in front of Copacabana Palace, a hotel in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, facing Copacabana beach By Dr Ian Prates* The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is diverse and every nation is combating it in its own fashion. It is important to note that the policy measures implemented during the pandemic are strongly related to the state of the economy before the pandemic. The state of the Brazilian labour market amid the pandemic cannot be seen in isolation from the pre-Covid times. Its story seen thro...

Is New Jersey Considered A Greedy State? There have been a lot of things New Jersey has been accused of being over the years. The smell, the attitude, the driving, the traffic, the finger are all well known parts of our reputation. But greedy? Do you think New Jersey is a greedy state? I'd never really thought of it before, but now that the question has been posed, I'd say absolutely not. As a matter of fact, I'd say the opposite. Enter your number to get our free mobile app I think New Jersey is full of the most generous people I know, so the thought that we'd rank highly on the greedy state...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers analyzed eight years of data from 108 sites in the Chesapeake Bay Program's nontidal monitoring network, looking at daily-scale records of flow and corresponding loads of nitrogen, phosphorus and... view more  Credit: Heather Preisendanz research group/Penn State The vast majority of nutrients and sediment washed into streams flowing into the Chesapeake Bay are picked up by deluges from severe storms that occur on relatively few days of the year. That is the conclusion of a new study led by Penn State researchers, who say it offers clues for cleaning up th...