More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labor force, or about 2 billion workers, operate in the informal economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit informal workers and firms hard, particularly in developing countries where large segments of the population are not covered by existing social protection schemes.

Harvard Kennedy School has gathered recent scholarship from our faculty members and other experts in the School community on the topics of race, justice, protest, and policing. Resources for public leaders and policymakers can be found below, as well as information about our Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging's efforts to advance the School as a place where every member of our community

How can we help prevent domestic violence during lockdown? What locally-rooted programmes have been seen to work around the world? How can we adapt interventions to different contexts? These questions and more will be discussed in our latest webinar. Changemakers for Children is a social networking platform to help us capture learning and emerging practice from all round the world

Delegates at an international conference today discussed ways to enhance regional cooperation on collaborative research and development of new Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, machine learning, Blockchain and others, to ensure progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.