Financially solvent utilities for improved energy access

By 2022-02-17T18:57:26+00:00January 25, 2022|

Key messages Electricity distribution utilities drive the expansion of energy access and the transition to clean energy. With the [...]

The Future of Jobs: A Global Call to Action

By 2024-01-27T16:24:05+00:00January 24, 2022|

In times of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the key to the future of work lies in the intersection of the demographic transitions and the reskilling of the Global South labour force.

Plastic Pandemic: The Ecological Fallout of COVID-19 and Policy Options for Sri Lanka

By 2021-12-08T17:31:15+00:00January 10, 2022|

This blog examines the ecological fallout of the pandemic and suggests policy options for Sri Lanka to avert the looming environmental disaster.

‘Killer robots’: the danger of lethal autonomous weapons systems

By 2022-05-18T20:27:34+00:00November 29, 2021|

Delegating the power to autonomous weapons to make decisions on life and death produces a series of moral, operational and legal challenges.

3rd Southern Voice Research Conference kicks off

By 2021-11-05T15:41:06+00:00November 9, 2021|

The conference will harness the collective knowledge of our vast network of Southern scholars, charting a path towards a post-COVID-19 recovery.

The impact of COVID-19 on peace and poverty in Asia 

By 2024-06-19T18:00:31+00:00October 25, 2021|

Asia has witnessed a sharp drop in all measurable indicators of SDG 16. Institutions that govern democracy were eroded, particularly against the backdrop of COVID-19 and the lockdowns.

Effects of COVID-19 on the fisheries value chain: A case for Uganda and Tanzania

By 2021-10-15T14:52:47+00:00October 15, 2021|

This study compares the impact of the pandemic on the fisheries sector in a country that imposed a strict lockdown (Uganda) and one that did not (Tanzania).

Priorities for a fair recovery from COVID-19 in South Asia

By 2021-10-15T12:39:35+00:00September 30, 2021|

This paper identifies five priorities for South Asia to recover from the pandemic while making progress towards the SDGs.

Childhood during the pandemic: what will today’s offspring remember as adults?

By 2024-06-19T17:56:55+00:00September 27, 2021|

The relevance of living in an adequate socio-spatial environment became even more visible with the pandemic.

COVID-19, Public Health, and Criminal Law: Criminalising Non-Compliance with Quarantines in Chile and Argentina

By 2022-02-15T15:32:38+00:00September 14, 2021|

Comparative analysis of the use of criminal law to enforce quarantines in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile and Argentina.