COVID-19
New commitments to support vaccine boosts campaign to end pandemic.
The robots can transport food, medicine, and trash.
To stay afloat, SMEs should look at alternative sources of credit, review business plans, and jump online.
Tags: COVID-19, SMEs, Health, Private sector development, MSMEs
Countries in the subregion should make sure recovery plans are climate-smart, pro-poor, and pro-growth.
Tags: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, COVID-19, Health, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management, Agriculture and food security, Social development and poverty, Water
The loan aims to help reduce the pandemic’s social and economic impacts on the country.
Nearly 690 million people are hungry, or 8.9% of the world population.
Tags: Agriculture and food security, Sustainable Development Goals, Social development and poverty, Health, COVID-19
Established in 1967 to strengthen security, ASEAN has transformed into an economic cooperation grouping.
Tags: ASEAN, Regional cooperation and integration, Economics, Trade and industry, COVID-19, Health
Providing a single dose to 7.8 billion people would fill 8,000 747 cargo aircraft.
Tags: COVID-19, Health, Tourism, Transportation
The loan will help the government reduce economic and social impacts on infrastructure and livelihoods.
Tags: Indonesia, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Health, COVID-19, Social development and poverty