Global Economy and Development Media Mentions
[I believe] in the resiliency of the human spirit and that the negative aspects of pandemic isolation can be mitigated by the type of safety net parents provide for their kids.
Many of today’s unemployed workers may find it harder than in the past to find new jobs and advance through the labor market.
The current environment [is] a kind of “social hurricane” with two major risks: Infants and toddlers don’t get to interact with one another and, at the same time, they pick up signals from their parents that other people might be a danger. We’re not meant to be stopped from seeing the other kids who are walking down the street.
"The Congress was very clear in rewriting the legislation, in writing the Build Act, in giving the DFC a very strong development mandate that fits in with U.S. foreign policy. It did not have a domestic mandate."
"We really need much more of a systemic transformation in economies. So now you see country after country coming out with recovery plans like the European Green Deal that emphasize environmental sustainability and social inclusion. There's a tremendous mindset change."
If it's educational television and it's well designed TV, it's not so bad for kids. And in fact, can very much help under-resourced children. If, however, it's watching the nightly news or some of the violent programs that we all have on our televisions today, it's pretty terrible for children.
We think strong cultural and community ties and a tradition of overcoming adversity are one reason [Black and Hispanic] communities are resilient. If you’re focusing on how much better other people are doing than you, it’s pretty hard to overcome adversity.
No country that has reopened schools so far has had the pandemic under such little control. That’s what’s complicating everything for schools.
It’s emergency education. [Efforts to continue classes online is] trying to provide at least some educational opportunity, but it’s nowhere near what kids were receiving in schools.
Education should be, not only part of the investment for the future, but it's really a solution to [COVID-19] recovery. And I think that's important for developing countries in particular.