This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is currently transfixed by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping through many regions, especially Asia, Africa, and South America. But, focused as we are on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world is in the midst of a fast-moving, Fourth Industrial Revolution (also known as 4IR or Industry 4.0), driven by digital innovation in the use of data, information, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The economic toll from the Covid-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of the pandemic on world GDP growth is massive. The COVID-19 global recession is the deepest since the end of World War II (Figure 1). The global economy contracted…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We know the economic impacts of COVID-19 have been severe. Advanced and developing countries alike have experienced massive job losses, economic contraction, falling investments and exports, and declining tourism dollars.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The short-term economic and well-being costs of COVID-19 have been severe. Though we hope the pandemic will be a temporary shock, in the interim it has pushed many vulnerable households…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is an outspoken activist for climate justice and the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church, a multiracial congregation in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. She wants to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New resources funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation offer insights on an approach to workforce development that seeks to strengthen young people’s executive skills — the cognitive abilities needed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time in its history, a national ranking of urban green space in America is not only looking at the number and quality of parks within the country’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The second blog in our series highlights how LISC supports UN Sustainable Development Goal #8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth as part of our Impact Notes Social Bond Framework. Goal #8…
john a. powell, head of OBI and UC Berkeley law professor, swiftly traces the history of (in)equality and equity in this installment of AskOBI. In doing so, he points us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly all 50 states have opted into an online purchasing pilot for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While the program offers a safer way to shop and has the…