Items tagged with COVID-19

Although there is still insufficient data to fully appreciate the effect of COVID-19 on the fulfilment of the SDGs, the pandemic seems to have had a very important impact over the three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental. In this paper, a synthesis of the possible influence of the pandemic on the 2030 Agenda has been presented.

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again put pressure on the Spanish public healthcare system, which has not yet recovered from the consequences of the 2008 crisis. In the background of the attention given to COVID, a long list of structural problems persists that have sadly become endemic. This article identifies
them, discusses them, and encourages their resolution.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted migration systems globally. In this framework, and particularly, the effects on migration in Latin America are of great magnitude in different dimensions. In this text we ask precisely about this, about the effects of the pandemic on migration in the Latin American region and how these are linked to the lack of national and regional alignment with the Global Compact for Migration. 

This paper aims to analyze the impact of the pandemic on different situations of poverty, which include characterizations that go beyond its usual consideration as a relative and monetary phenomenon. We review different datasets that allow us to examine three different approaches to poverty: monetary and relative, material deprivation and lack of income.