The African Continental Free Trade Area: time to build capacity and resilience
While the implementation of the AfCFTA is extremely important to the continent’s regional integration agenda, it is not enough. It needs to be bolstered.
India’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in a nutshell
The aim is to cover up to 20% of the most vulnerable population by the targeted date of June 2021 and carry out coordinated and equitable deployments.
COVID-19 Digital Hub presentation
Southern Voice was invited to present its COVID-19 Digital Knowledge Hub to Global Affairs Canada staff at its headquarters in [...]
Enhancing social protection: a Global South priority for the G20 Agenda
In year two of the pandemic, international support should move beyond emergency response towards medium- and long- term planning.
Argentina and Chile: non-compliance with quarantine and criminal sanctions
Both governments resorted to quarantine to stop the virus from spreading and sought the population’s compliance by threatening with criminal sanctions. Did it work?
Crisis impacts on rural lives and livelihoods in Kenya
The COVID-19 crisis shows the need for longer-term strategies to build in resilience against future shocks.
Can value-chain based measures spur the recovery of apparel suppliers and workers?
The global apparel value chain went through an unprecedented crisis due to COVID-19.
The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda has successfully set a normative framework for global cooperation. Yet, the implementation of this agenda is characterised by power struggles and unresolved contestations.
COVID-19 has exacerbated poverty and inequality in Northern Triangle Countries
We joined forces to respond to the social crisis resulting from the economic losses and the public health emergency that affected Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Pakistan needs gender-responsive policies to achieve SDG 5
Focusing on the issue of gender equality is not only a necessity but an emergency for Pakistan.