Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021
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| Press Release | 
| Demanding justice beyond rhetoric
 Time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis  | 
| Table of Contents | 
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 Download the full report here (pdf version), for single chapters see below.  | 
| Briefing “The WHO pandemic treaty: responding to needs or playing COVID-19 geopolitics?” (pdf format here) | 
| By Nicoletta Dentico, Society for International Development (SID) | 
| Preface (pdf format here) | 
| 1. Diverging recovery – deepening inequalities (pdf format here) | 
| By Barbara Adams and Jens Martens, Global Policy Forum | 
| Special contributions | 
| 1.1 The struggle for the TRIPS waiver (pdf format here) | 
| By K.M. Gopakumar, Third World Network | 
| 1.2 COVAX: Risks and side effects of multi-stakeholder governance (pdf format here) | 
| By Harris Gleckman, Associate, Transnational Institute (TNI) | 
| 1.3 The WHO pandemic treaty proposal: responding to needs or playing COVID geopolitics? (pdf format here) | 
| By Nicoletta Dentico, Society for International Development (SID) | 
| 1.4 Challenging decades of privatization and de-funding of public services (pdf format here) | 
| By Daria Cibrario, Public Services International (PSI) | 
| 1.5 IMF Special Drawing Rights – a historic financial boost to counter the COVID-19 crisis? (pdf format here) | 
| By Bodo Ellmers, Global Policy Forum | 
| 1.6 Large corporations cash in on COVID-19 recovery (pdf format here) | 
| By Matti Kohonen, Financial Transparency Coalition | 
| 1.7 The UN Food Systems Summit – the wrong way to respond to the global food crisis (pdf format here) | 
| By Magdalena Ackermann, SID / Charlotte Dreger, FIAN | 
| 1.8 What have we learned about gender equality during the pandemic? (pdf format here) | 
| By Vanita Nayak Mukherjee and Shree Baphna, DAWN | 
| 1.9 Recovery in education: The imperative to support and invest in the education workforce (pdf format here) | 
| By David Edwards, General Secretary, Education International | 
| 2. Exacerbated crises in many countries (pdf format here) | 
| By Roberto Bissio, Social Watch | 
| Special contributions | 
| 2.1 Citizens Monitoring COVID-19 Response Programmes: The Philippine experience (pdf format here) | 
| By Social Watch Philippines | 
| 2.2 Lebanon’s multiple crises (pdf format here) | 
| By Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) | 
| 2.3 Lessons from Colombia: To address the causes of social unrest, be serious about progressive tax reforms (pdf format here) | 
| By Sergio Chaparro, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) | 
| 2.4 Time for feminist transformative policies: Towards a national care system in Argentina (pdf format here) | 
| By Corina Rodriguez Enriquez, DAWN | 
| 2.5 Vulnerabilities and policy priorities for South Africa's COVID-19 third wave (pdf format here) | 
| By Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) | 
| 3. Time for transformative policies at all levels (pdf format here) | 
| 3.1 A rights-based economy: In critical times, a roadmap for action (pdf format here) | 
| By Kate Donald, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) | 
| 3.2 Now is the time to reclaim public services (pdf format here) | 
| By Daria Cibrario, Public Services International (PSI) | 
| 3.3 Steps to prevent a global debt and austerity pandemic (pdf format here) | 
| By Isabel Ortiz, Global Social Justice, and Matthew Cummins, senior economist | 
| 4 – NATIONAL REPORTS | 
| National reports are being published weekly. | 
| ARGENTINA (Español) | 
| BAHRAIN | 
| BANGLADESH | 
| CANADA | 
| CYPRUS | 
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 
| FRANCE | 
| GERMANY | 
| GUATEMALA (Español) | 
| HUNGARY | 
| MALTA | 
| MEXICO (Español) | 
| PALESTINE | 
| PHILIPPINES | 
| PUERTO RICO (Español) | 
| SPAIN (Español) | 
| SWITZERLAND | 
| UNITED KINGDOM | 
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 Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021 Global Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs  Published by:  ISBN 978-3-943126-53-2  | 
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