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Food for Thought – Talking Points on Food Prices

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, one urgent issue that CIC is watching is the price of food around the world. In this short talking points memo, Sarah Cliffe and Nendirmwa Noel highlight specific country situations, emerging risks, and practical recommendations.

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Apr 06, 2020
Nendirmwa Noel, Sarah Cliffe
Crises, Food Security, Global Governance
Multilateral Reform, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

The UN’s Pandemic Response: The Beginnings of a Real Global Plan?

Last week, the UN released two plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic: one on global humanitarian response, and another report from the secretary-general outlining a plan of action for combatting the economic and social dimensions of the virus. In this commentary, CIC makes 5 key observations about what the plans get right and how they might do more. 

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Apr 06, 2020
Leah Zamore, Karina Gerlach, Ben Oppenheim
Global Governance, Humanitarian Crises, United Nations
Humanitarian Crises, Multilateral Reform

COVID-19: Three Things for African Governments to Consider

While confined to my home in New Jersey, I have winced at each new report of the coronavirus spreading back in Nigeria. Like many Africans, I have vivid memories of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and the palpable fear that permeated that season is hard to forget. On Friday, my family's WhatsApp group received a mass message that scared us: my aunt’s coworker in a government building in Nigeria had been exposed to the virus, but still came in to work. Panic and confusion set in—it took us three days to verify this information was in fact false.
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Apr 02, 2020
Nendirmwa Noel
COVID–19, Coronavirus, Africa, Public Health
Humanitarian Crises

COVID-19: What the US Can Learn From the DRC's Response to Ebola

Discussions of COVID-19 often cast the Global South as the tragic victim of an imminent surge in cases. Doctors and public health experts have lamented the weak health systems in the Global South—there are fewer than 130 ICU beds in Haiti and perhaps only 500 ventilators for 190 million people in Nigeria. However, this focus on tertiary care, while justified, neglects the lessons that places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has battled many epidemics before, could teach the United States about how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 30, 2020
Jason Stearns
COVID–19, Congo, Ebola, Coronavirus, Public Health
Congo

CIC and COVID–19: A Message from the Director

The NYU Center on International Cooperation, like our partners and colleagues around the world, is adapting our work to cope with the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic and contribute within our own areas of expertise. This message from CIC Director Sarah Cliffe explains how our work on peace, justice, inclusion, and reducing inequalities will continue, as we also strive to to contribute to the global conversation about how governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society can respond to COVID–19.

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Mar 23, 2020
Sarah Cliffe
2030 Agenda, Crises, Global Governance, Humanitarian Crises
Humanitarian Crises, Multilateral Reform, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

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