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Priorities for Saving the Private Sector
August 13, 2020
With investment plummeting across the developing world, governments urgently must extend assistance to the private sector to ensure a strong recovery when the time comes. Given that resources are strained, policymakers should approach the problem with three guiding principles in mind.
International Editorial
Firm Helping Run U.S. Coronavirus Database Refuses Senators’ Questions
August 15, 2020
People who recover from the virus have a three-month window of safety, C.D.C. guidance shows. The U.S. Postal Service warned several states that it may not be able to meet deadlines for delivering last-minute mail-in ballots.
Anger Mounts Over Mauritius Oil Spill
August 15, 2020
Islanders have joined together in an effort to contain an estimated 1,000 tons of fuel oil that leaked into the waters surrounding the picturesque nation off Africa’s eastern coast.