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IMF extends bilateral borrowing arrangements through 2023

Reuters The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday its board approved a new three-year framework for bilateral borrowing agreements,...

Estonia Debuts Coronavirus Chatbot Born in a Hackathon

Eric Hal Schwartz, Voicebot.ai The Estonian government has created an AI-powered chatbot named Suve to answer questions about the novel...

East Asia and Pacific: Countries must act now to mitigate economic shock of COVID-19

World Bank Developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), recovering from trade tensions and struggling with COVID-19, now face...

BFPG Explains: COVID-19 and Multilateralism

British Foreign Policy Group Whilst the World Health Organisation has been issuing guidance to nations on how best to respond to the...

Four Priorities for a Global Pandemic Strategy

Josep Borrell, Project Syndicate The world initially met the COVID-19 crisis in an uncoordinated fashion, with too many countries...

Who's funding the COVID-19 response and what are the priorities?

Lisa Cornish, Devex Since the beginning of 2020, more than $4.6 trillion has been pledged by governments, bilateral donors, multilateral...

Narendra Modi’s Sisyphean Quest for Global Coronavirus Cooperation

Michael Kugelman, Foreign Policy On March 13, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about convening with the members of the South...

Assessing the G20 virtual summit

Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal and Mark Sobel, Center for Strategic & International Studies Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20)...

OECD updates G20 Summit on outlook for global economy

OECD Updates Efforts to contain virus and save lives should be intensified, and governments should plan stronger, more coordinated...

The Multilateral system still cannot get its act together on COVID-19

Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, international cooperation has been missing...

Economic diplomacy: Fighting global pandemics from the G20 to ASEAN

Greg Earl, The Interpreter by Lowy Institute Australia and Singapore have signed a new bilateral agreement on digital trade via an online...

Coronavirus thrives in Latin America’s multilateral vacuum

Mac Margolis, Buenos Aires Times Shutting down is part of the new global normal. The danger in Latin America is that such sweeping...

New Global Platform to Keep Information Networks ‘Safer, Stronger’ Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic

Newsroom, Modern Diplomacy The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched a new platform on Monday to help global networks...

How coronavirus could destroy the Western multilateral order

Paul Mason, NewStateman As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes the nations of the world with force, the damage is being viewed mainly through...

From virus-slaying air purifiers to delivery robots, how university inventions are fighting COVID-19

Wei, Shyy. World Economic Forum. Innovators and university research teams around the world are working on ways to contain coronavirus,...

Decathlon turns scuba gear into ventilators to help fight coronavirus

Aaron Reich, Jerusalem Post An Italian engineering company improvises easy-breathe scuba mask ventilators during times of dwindling...

Multilateralism, regional cooperation victims of Covid-19

Thomas Daniel, New Straits Times Predictably, the virus has begun to exacerbate cracks in the existing international multilateral system...

Coronavirus: How to tackle the economic crisis

Martin Sandbu, Financial Times Financial Times economics commentator Martin Sandbu analyses the emergency fiscal and monetary measures...

How the world of health and tech is looking at the coronavirus outbreak

Leontina Postelnicu, MobiHealth News The coronavirus pandemic is opening up new opportunities for health and tech, but it is also...

Can a Global Pandemic Resuscitate SAARC?

Bansari Kamdar, The Diplomat SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has been reactivated as South Asia braces for the...