Smart Development

Ricardo Hausmann urges rapid data collection and analysis are to overcome our ignorance about how to combat the pandemic.

Simon Johnson proposes an information-sharing system akin to the traffic app, revealing real-time local pandemic conditions.

Iqbal Dhaliwal & Samantha Friedlander identify opportunities for advancing and applying life-saving social-science research during the pandemic.

M Niaz Asadullah charts a path from women's increased participation in agriculture to greater gender equality in South Asia.

Muhammad Hamid Zaman urges tighter regulation of animal markets to help prevent a sequel to the COVID-19 crisis.

Sandie Okoro & Paul Prettitore outlines two ways to help prevent the pandemic from further undermining the legal position of women.

Sally Pairman & Roopa Dhatt urge governments and international donors to increase their support for maternal health services.

William A. Haseltine says deliberately infecting human volunteers with the coronavirus could be far more costly than the pandemic.