Updating the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules has become imperative to address pressing global issues such as food security, pandemic responses, climate and the environment, and emerging areas in services trade. Plurilateral agreements can be a viable option where achieving multilateral consensus in the WTO is difficult. To ensure that … Read more
To stay below 1.5 degrees of warming, emerging markets and developing economies excluding China (EMDEs) will need to spend US$1 trillion a year by 2025 and US$2.4 trillion per year by 2030. Much of this investment will be needed for ‘green infrastructure’, and especially for low-carbon power systems and decarbonised … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the pressure on our health systems, clearly revealing how much investment in resources and planning is still needed to develop health systems that are resilient, equitable, efficient, and sustainable. The pandemic highlights the necessity to allocate funds towards prevention, training, and communication activities: greater public … Read more
Strengthening the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism by re- establishing a more effective Appellate Body (AB) is a priority for many WTO member countries (including members of the G20). Although the AB was established in 1995 to hear appeals on trade disputes between member countries, it has been … Read more
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has the potential to enable an inclusive digital transformation of societies, including for children. However, this outcome is not inevitable unless current approaches to digital inclusion change and become more holistic. In a review carried out with the London School of Economics, UNICEF examined select digital … Read more
A debt crisis is looming in the Global South. High levels of public debt service and insufficient fiscal and monetary space are threating recoveries and impeding much-needed investments in climate resilience and the Agenda 2030. This policy brief makes seven recommendations for the G7 to address the debt crisis in … Read more
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