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Graduate Institute What Matters Today

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What Matters Today is a podcast series from the Geneva Graduate Institute in which we ask faculty members to comment on current issues impacting, economics, politics, health, and society.

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What economic policies can be used to mitigate the impact of COVID-19? 30.04.2020 19:53

Cédric Tille is a Professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute. He has been a member of faculty since 2007. He previously worked as an economist at the International Research Function for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has been a member of the Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank since 2011. In this episode, Professor Tille highlights the economic policies that can h...

The impact of the Trump administration's decision to halt WHO funding 27.04.2020 22:49

Dr Suerie Moon, Co-Director of the Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre, and former lecturer on Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the impact of the Trump administration's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization. In addition, she shares her views on how the WHO has been handling the coronavirus pandemic.

The Outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus: are the International Health Regulations fit for purpose? 22.04.2020 28:49

Gian Luca Burci, Adjunct Professor of international law at the Graduate Institute since 2012, and former Legal Counsel for the World Health Organization, answers questions about his article in the European Journal of International Law about the International Health Regulations and discusses if they are truly fit for purpose.