The Coronavirus will end: Preparation Now is Vital

The Coronavirus crisis will endPREPARATION NOW IS VITAL By The Rt Hon Alistair Burt

How business and politics must work together to adapt to the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic.

ministers to strengthen governance and improve the quality of policy and legislation in countries such as Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and the Gulf has often focused on bridging the gap between the public and private sectors, and how government and business can work more effectively together to drive innovation and economic growth. Here Alistair Burt reflects on the challenges affecting businesses during the current global pandemic; why the work of businesses like GPG matters now more than ever; and the necessity for agility, adaptation, and co-innovation across business and politics.

Since leaving Parliament in December 2019, the Rt Hon Alistair Burt, former FCO and DFID minister, has been working with Global Partners Governance (GPG) in a number of countries across the MENA region. GPG’s work supporting politicians, officials and

It goes without saying that it is still, as yet, much too early to be definitive in our calculations of the impact on trade and investment of the Coronavirus which dominates virtually every aspect of our lives, from almost a standing start just a handful of weeks ago. But you don’t need volumes of data in order to pull out the basics-we all know this is a worse crisis than any living and active business executive anywhere in the world has ever had to face.