This article published by Mckinsey & Company looks at how COVID 19 is fundamentally changing how biopharmas operate in China. It has put short-term pressure on budgets, reduced treatment of non-COVID-19 patients, and undermined market fundamentals. Equally, it has revealed a number of new focus areas, amid expectations for rising investment and a supportive policy agenda…
This article, published by the Brookings Institute as part of their Future Development series, written by Homi Kharas, Constanza Di Nucci, Kristofer Hamel, and Baldwin Tong looks at global poverty and the need to focus on rural areas. The considerable gains made worldwide in poverty reduction over the last 10 years have been widely recognized.…
This article first published by the Council on Foreign Relations, authored by Elizabeth C Economy, explores how despite the immediate impacts of COVID-19, a more fundamental debate over the longer-term implications of the pandemic for global leadership has surfaced. Unsurprisingly, most of the debate has centred around China and the United States, and this article…
The Brookings Institution has launched a new trilateral initiative with experts from Southeast Asia, Australia, and the United States to examine regional trends in Southeast Asia in the context of escalating U.S.-China rivalry and China’s dramatic rise. The initiative not only focuses on security trends in the region, but covers economic and governance developments. This…
This article published by the Brooking Institute explores how the World Bank and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which funds development of epidemic vaccines, cohosted a global consultation on funding the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines. The consultation led to the launch of a COVID-19 Vaccine Development Taskforce that is now working…
The Asia Scotland Institute is delighted to bring this article by James Crabtree which was originally published in the latest edition of the Nikkei Asian Review, which explores how geopolitical fissures have damaged the world’s response to COVID19 James Crabtree Nikkei Asian Review Cover April 2020 How coronavirus exposed the collapse of global leadership The…
The World Bank and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which funds development of epidemic vaccines, cohosted a global consultation on funding the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines. This Brookings article discusses this and how the consultation led to the launch of a COVID-19 Vaccine Development Taskforce that is now working on how…
Article Friends of the Scotsman Scottish Charity in Kolkata – Lord Charles Bruce The Asia Scotland Institute is delighted to bring you this article published in the Scotsman on 23 Apr 20, written by Lord Charles Bruce, one of our Board Members, about the Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust and more specifically how the Scottish Cemetery…
How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology. A sense of normalcy is returning to South Korea but the U.S. lacks the testing capacity and contact tracing system the country relies on. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon Michael Ahn, University of Massachusetts Boston As countries around the world consider how best to reopen their countries, it’s…