What The World Needs At This Crucial Hour
Q: YOU’RE GOING TO BE LEADING THE UN IN supporting China to better recover from the Covid-19 pandemic through the SDGs; do tell us more…
A: What the pandemic has essentially done is it has been like rain falling over the roof. And we’ve suddenly realized there are so many leaks on that roof. Regardless of which country, what it has shown is unless we invest in universal health coverage and robust health systems, nobody is going to be safe…
The pandemic has reminded us that unless we get health right, we are not going to get any of the other SDG goals right… To me, China is a global multilateral player, and its ambitions, in many ways, transcend the global economic governance and extend to the environment as well… Now, China has a population of about 1.3 billion, while in terms of purchasing power parity, is perhaps the single largest contributor to world growth in the last 11 years. Despite its location
