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      <title>How is COVID-19 changing our world? by Andra Rusu-Andrei</title>
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         <title>Coronavirus disease (Covid-19)</title>
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         <title>Towards a ‘blue recovery’ in the Commonwealth</title>
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         <title>Paths to Recovery Post-COVID</title>
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         <title>Trade in the Fourth Industrial Revolutio</title>
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         <title>Identify and evaluate the sources of future growth including the Commonwealth advantage</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the lives of 2.4 billion Commonwealth citizens and a global loss of lives numbering over 3 million (The Commonwealth, 2021). The sources of future growth for the Commonwealth include the previously mentioned Blue Recovery programme by utilising easy ocean access for the nations. Further, strengthening and reforming the multilateral trading system is another source of future growth by adopting an effective rules-based paradigm by capitalising on the platform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (The Commonwealth, 2021). This new system must shift away from the dominance of any country to avoid events like the Trade war between USA and China and allow members to capitalise on the system without hegemony by any country or country.<br><br></div><div>Further, enhancements of support measures for Least Developed Countries (LDC) and graduates are another pathway to recovery for the Commonwealth (The Commonwealth, 2021). Here, graduates refer to the countries just coming out of the category of LDC to become developing countries meaning they are practically still close to being an LDC, signifying low capacity of sustenance and power. Through this initiative, the Commonwealth may enable the rapid growth of LDCs, which will have an immense effect on the world economy as a lot of new nations will competitively enter the global stage. This will allow the Commonwealth countries to start trade with these countries to enable them to rapidly increase their trade and result in their economic recovery.<br><br></div><div>Further, the utilisation of new trading opportunities in the post-Brexit era is another prospective path to recovery for the association of nations (The Commonwealth, 2021). The UK is a prime destination for business operations and represents a huge prospect for growth and recovery, and as it exits the EU bloc, it becomes more accessible for the Commonwealth nations. This may be utilised by the association of nations, of which the UK is a founding member, through an increase in trade and the lowering of various trade barriers to ensure the rapid growth of trade and recovery of the countries. It will also enable greater participation of the UK in the recovery process, leading to better actualisation of this approach to recovery.<br><br></div><div>Lastly, a significant prospect lies in the revival of the tourism and travel sector which is especially important for smaller nations of the Commonwealth (The Commonwealth, 2022). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant restrictions, especially because of the imposition of lockdowns in different nations mandating the closure of operations, tourism and travel also had to be halted. This led to huge losses for countries, which depended heavily on tourism revenues, especially the smaller nations of the Commonwealth. Therefore, the revival of this industry will result in the rapid recovery of smaller nations, which will allow them to enter the global market increasing trade prospects, and easy recovery of the Commonwealth nations.<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Identify and evaluate the sources of future growth including the Commonwealth advantage</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the lives of 2.4 billion Commonwealth citizens and a global loss of lives numbering over 3 million (The Commonwealth, 2021). The sources of future growth for the Commonwealth include the previously mentioned Blue Recovery programme by utilising easy ocean access for the nations. Further, strengthening and reforming the multilateral trading system is another source of future growth by adopting an effective rules-based paradigm by capitalising on the platform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (The Commonwealth, 2021). This new system must shift away from the dominance of any country to avoid events like the Trade war between USA and China and allow members to capitalise on the system without hegemony by any country or country.<br><br></div><div>Further, enhancements of support measures for Least Developed Countries (LDC) and graduates are another pathway to recovery for the Commonwealth (The Commonwealth, 2021). Here, graduates refer to the countries just coming out of the category of LDC to become developing countries meaning they are practically still close to being an LDC, signifying low capacity of sustenance and power. Through this initiative, the Commonwealth may enable the rapid growth of LDCs, which will have an immense effect on the world economy as a lot of new nations will competitively enter the global stage. This will allow the Commonwealth countries to start trade with these countries to enable them to rapidly increase their trade and result in their economic recovery.<br><br></div><div>Further, the utilisation of new trading opportunities in the post-Brexit era is another prospective path to recovery for the association of nations (The Commonwealth, 2021). The UK is a prime destination for business operations and represents a huge prospect for growth and recovery, and as it exits the EU bloc, it becomes more accessible for the Commonwealth nations. This may be utilised by the association of nations, of which the UK is a founding member, through an increase in trade and the lowering of various trade barriers to ensure the rapid growth of trade and recovery of the countries. It will also enable greater participation of the UK in the recovery process, leading to better actualisation of this approach to recovery.<br><br></div><div>Lastly, a significant prospect lies in the revival of the tourism and travel sector which is especially important for smaller nations of the Commonwealth (The Commonwealth, 2022). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant restrictions, especially because of the imposition of lockdowns in different nations mandating the closure of operations, tourism and travel also had to be halted. This led to huge losses for countries, which depended heavily on tourism revenues, especially the smaller nations of the Commonwealth. Therefore, the revival of this industry will result in the rapid recovery of smaller nations, which will allow them to enter the global market increasing trade prospects, and easy recovery of the Commonwealth nations.<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2022-05-05 16:23:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Elevator Pitch</title>
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