COVID-19: Challenge to SDG and Globalization

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economies have been on lockdown, schools have been under lock and key while cross border trades have been on standstill. The aviation and tourist industry have been worst hit by the pandemic. The poor are becoming poorer, the inequality in the health system is more pronounced. Private businesses are closing up while government interventions seem not enough and there are massive job losses. Using the conceptual approach, the research tried to analyze the challenges facing the attainment of sustainable development goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 10 and globalization in the face of COVID-19. It is found that healthy living, inequality, globalization, etc. are affected by COVID-19 and the poor and vulnerable becomes poorer as job losses increase. The researchers have been able to suggest ways forward which is not limited to the adoption of innovative ways of living, doing business, a reassessment of our relationship with nature, increased budgetary expenditure on education, tax holidays.

Keywords: COVID-19, SDG, Globalization, Inequality, Health, Poverty, Education