What contemporary global issue topic to tackle in making
a position paper?
One of the most seriously discussed global issue topic is of the:
Impact of Covid-19
pandemic.
Kindly give the following reasons and additional
information about why it is essential.
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic is essential as it is a global
crisis and has affected almost all the nations in the world.
The impact of this pandemic can be discussed under different
sub-heads or in the following bullet points -
- Health Care (Mental and Physical health - The disease has not
only affected the physical health but also the mental health of the
affected person and their families)
- Medicine (Research and development of medicine/ Contribution by
the pharmaceutical industry)
- Economic impact (Fall in GDP and Balance of Payments due to
negative impact on trade and commerce, financial market disruption,
production and supply chain disruption, stock exchange crisis
etc)
- Mobility issue - Mobility of both human beings and of goods and
services is negatively affected.There is the issue of migrant
labourers and also the problem of serious disruption in the supply
chain.
- Education system (Online education/Distance education is the
only option provided by most of the schools and universities)
- Banking Crisis (Financial crisis - Defaulting of loans/ to lack
of ability to payback the loans due to loss of jobs)
- Tourism and entertainment (The tourism and entertainment
segment is seriously affected by this pandemic as there is a huge
fear of getting infected to this disease when people gather
together or travel freely)
- Impact on the society (Unemployment and lack of income earning
opportunities/emotional imbalance due to the loss of near and dear
ones)
- Few major negatively affected sectors - Aviation, Tourism,
Hotels and Restaurants, Malls and trade centres etc
- Few major positively affected sectors - Technology driven
sectors (data storage, software, gaming, E-commerce), Environment
protection due to less carbon emission.
All these issues are faced by all the economies affected by this
pandemic and are serious socio-economic problems. These bullet
points can be explained in detail for a position paper of 2000
words very easily.