Monique Calon

Senior Policy Advisor Food Security, Markets and Private Sector Development, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs #minbuza #AfricA

[AfCFTA Secretariat Official @AfCFTA]

The African Union Commission convened a meeting of senior trade officials to receive the report of the chief negotiators and provide guidance on the way forward for the virtual meetings. The meeting will take place on 28 July 2020 at 14:00 Addis Ababa time.

[INCLUDE Platform @INCLUDEplatform]

What impact does #COVID19 have on different kinds of employment across value chains, and how does it affect women and youth? Find out in these @Clingendaelorg policy briefs: https://t.co/AY0ydGnN0F

[The Prepaid Economy @prepaid_africa]

The criminalization of the informal economy. "Informal" is invisible, uncategorized, lumpen mass that is excluded. Voila.

[International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) @ICRC]

If #Yemen was 100 people:

-80 need aid to survive.
-66 have barely anything to eat.
-64 have no access to health care.
-58 have no clean water.
-11 are severely malnourished.

But Yemen is not 100 people. It’s 30,5 million people.

[Richard Humphries܁ @RG_Humphries]

Nigeria's Top 5 export and import trading partners for Q1 2020

Source: @nigerianstat's Q1 2020 Foreign Trade in Goods report

[Laurent Bossard @laurent_bossard]

Il est indispensable de prendre conscience des drames qui sont en train de se jouer dans l’indifférence. La gestion désordonnée d’une crise sanitaire entraîne une crise humaine et sécuritaire Qui pourrait être majeure.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

80% of the world’s natural vanilla is grown in one region of Madagascar
https://t.co/wRu9owQmIB

[WTO @wto]

What provisions should be included in future trade agreements to promote more cooperation in times of pandemics like #COVID19 and other crises? Have your say in this policy hackathon coordinated by @UNESCAP. First deadline is 29 May! Read more: https://t.co/MZZNHKFFzU

[San Bilal @SanBilal1]

Coronavirus is a crisis for the developing world, but here's why it needn't be a catastrophe | Esther Duflo & Abhijit Banerjee https://t.co/Mq5xT49uTN

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

💥NEW POST💥

"As #COVID-19 threatens rice imports from Asia, West Africa has an opportunity to reignite its ambitions of a regional value chain. But this would require coherence in policies and collective action."

By @PoorvaKarkare (@ECDPM).
https://t.co/ULJmaiS5dx

[INCLUDE Platform @INCLUDEplatform]

9 out of 10 entreprises in Africa are informal and at risk of closure due to #COVID19. @ilo highlights the importance of ensuring #socialprotection coverage for workers in all forms of employment. Read more about the impact of COVID19 on vulnerable groups: https://t.co/LgTnvgWK4L

[Monique Calon @MoniqueCalon]

@Alex_Verbeek I’ll go for Riga. Beautiful city with so much to offer in terms of culture, history, art, friendly people and good food.

[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

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Amazing wildlife shot!

A jaguar stalks a caiman, leaps to grab it, and carries it up the river bank in a hunting win.

#wildlife #animals #cats #nature
Via @natgeowild

[AfCFTA_Expert @AfCFTA_Expert]

You are invited to Join our Zoom webinar.
Topic: Political economy of COVID- 19: implications for #AfCFTA
Panelist: H. E. Amb. Wamkele Mene Secretary-General #AfCFTA Secretariat
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://t.co/mW3tRiVT0o

@MeneWamkele @AEcosocc
@_AfricanUnion

[Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 @DutchMFA]

The #coronacrisis has shown how interconnected our world is. No region can win this battle alone. So let us work together to end the pandemic everywhere and build resilient health systems to keep our peoples safe in the future.

📷: @hollandsehoogte

➡️ https://t.co/5DiPGn9kMe

[Reuters @Reuters]

The heads of the WTO and U.N. food agencies deliver a stark warning: food supply chains must be protected from new trade measures #FutureOfFood

[Rebecca Enonchong @africatechie]

West Africa is Africa’s mobile money rising star, according to GSMA’s 2019 report https://t.co/deW2QsnoZ3

[Monique Calon @MoniqueCalon]

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[Theodore Klouvas @TheodoreKlouvas]

So you think you can count?
Let’s see!
Retweet me your answer 😉

[VPRO Tegenlicht @VPROTegenlicht]

Nederland is veel ongelijker dan we denken, zegt de Franse econoom Thomas Piketty.

Wie krijgt straks tijdens de recessie de hardste klappen?

[Mukhisa Kituyi @DrMukhisaKituyi]

Smart trade facilitation respecting protocols but exercising flexibility for port and transit traffic will help ease the pain of #COVID2019. See my take
https://t.co/MLfWT6RoS3