“The desire to avoid another economic crisis will spur strong motivation to build and operate an early warning test-and-trace system to stop the next global pandemic. This urgency will be an incentive to build the most robust, accurate and mandatory health data collection system.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has required an all-out response, with technological solutions such as contact-tracing apps and infection surveillance systems being rushed into use. In March, Sean McDonald took a close look at five problems technologies are trying to address along with their accompanying risks to privacy and other concerns. Later, on the Big Tech podcast, Carly Kind concurs that contact-tracing apps are problematic and could marginalize individuals who do not have the technology to prove their health status.
In a series of opinion pieces about global cooperation after COVID-19, CIGI experts including Michael Chertoff, Bessma Momani, Darrell Bricker and Melissa Hathaway explore technological, economic and social issues tied to the pandemic. In a Project Syndicate article, Rohinton P. Medhora and Taylor Owen see the pandemic as a significant opportunity to reset global governance through a new, digital Bretton Woods moment.