Resilience In the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Resilience In the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Healthcare professionals prepare to begin testing at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 at United Memorial Medical Center Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Houston (AP Photo/David J. Phillip).

Just months after reports emerged of a novel coronavirus spreading in central China, our world, and all of our individual worlds, have been transformed by what has become a terrifying pandemic. What can governments, other global actors and individuals do survive the crisis and navigate the new world beyond it? Download your FREE copy of Resilience In the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic to learn more today.

In just a few months, the tightly connected systems of a globalized world have transformed the novel coronavirus from a handful of cases in China to a global pandemic. But we have yet to see an international response that matches the scale of the threat. The contrast with the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent economic crash is stark. Then, governments vastly upgraded the G-20 from a somewhat obscure forum of finance ministers to a new global decision-making bloc in order to steer the world to safety. Don’t hold your breath for a similar response to COVID-19. The outbreak has hit at a time when the international order’s immune system is badly compromised.

Download Resilience In the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic today to take a deeper look at these conflicts and get a glimpse at what the future may hold.

In this report, you will learn about:

  • Planning for a world after the pandemic
  • What it will take to save economies from the pandemic’s effects
  • Building trust, confidence and collective action in the age of COVID-19
  • Why tackling corruption is crucial to the global response
  • The geography of COVID-19 and a vulnerable global food system

Economic policymakers around the world today find themselves facing an incredible challenge.

As the novel coronavirus spreads, governments are swiftly implementing drastic measures to limit the scope of the pandemic, including banning public gatherings, closing national borders and shuttering all non-essential businesses.

These emergency measures are unquestionably justified, as millions of lives hang in the balance. But they have hit economies with a shocking intensity that seems to get worse by the day. Entire economic sectors have been shuttered and seemingly carved out of society in less than a week. The wrenching effects of these unprecedented events hit hardest at the individual level in the form of wage cuts and job losses.

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Public confidence is suffering, with trust and goodwill beginning to vanish before our eyes.

At a time when solidarity is more necessary than ever, forces that polarize and divide societies are gaining force. Even medical experts in the public eye are coming under fire, with Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the leading infectious disease authorities helping to guide the American response,forced to beef up his security detail due to death threats from COVID-19 deniers.

At the same time, it is not too late for national and international leaders, as well as individuals at the grassroots level, to formulate a dynamic, innovative and diverse response to the pandemic that has the power to surprise and inspire. Learn more when you download Resilience In the Face of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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