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Filling gaps in the COVID-19 response: a new alliance for social entrepreneurs.
Build back better. 5 ways to reset post-COVID labour markets.
What if a vaccine doesn’t work? Preparing a plan B.
Office workers at risk. Lessons from the outbreak in building X.
Fighting unemployment and climate change: Pakistan’s green stimulus.
How COVID-19 first spread: a snapshot of the pandemic’s origins.
Even if we return to normal daily life, our minds will never be the same.
DIY COVID tests. How an ex-lab tech made the US’s first community serum tests.
If we do it, is it propaganda? Debating a potential information offensive.
Falling out of the middle class. An older, white-collar worker’s story.
Stakeholder capitalism to fight the epidemic. Interview with Prof. Klaus Schwab. (Nikkei Asian Review)
40 global charities team up for COVID-19 lifeline. Coverage of Forum initiative. (Reuters)
Supply chains, COVID-19, and blockchain. Interview with Forum blockchain lead. (cointelegraph)
African countries should reopen gradually. Coverage of guidelines co-authored by Forum. (allafrica)
Forum outlines 3 conditions for easing lockdowns. (CNN Money Switzerland)
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