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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines is widening the gap between rich countries and the developing world, threatening the cooperation needed to tackle common challenges such as climate change, the World Economic Forum warned in its latest report.<\/p>\n

\u201cA greater prevalence of Covid-19 in low-vaccination countries than in high-vaccination ones will weigh on worker availability and productivity, disrupt supply chains and weaken consumption,\u201d the 17th edition of the report, which surveys global experts, warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoreover, a lower post-pandemic risk appetite in the vaccinated world \u2013 comprised mostly of advanced economies \u2013 could weaken their investment in the non-vaccinated world,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organisation, 98 countries have yet to vaccinate 40% of their population \u2013 a stark contrast with the situation in many Western countries, where vaccination rates hover around the 70-80% mark.<\/p>\n

Rich countries have been accused of hoarding vaccines, with only a fraction of the billions of doses produced last year, winding up in the arms of people in countries with the most fragile health systems.<\/p>\n

The WEF warned that the growing gulf between rich and poor countries would create a poisonous legacy of resentment, making it harder to reach agreements on global issues such as climate change, managing migration flows and halting cyberattacks.<\/p>\n

In its annual Global Risks Report, the Swiss foundation behind the annual Davos gathering of the rich and powerful warned that vaccine haves and have-nots were increasingly on divergent paths.<\/p>\n

The World Economic Forum\u2019s Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) lists employment and livelihood crises, digital inequality, prolonged economic stagnation, extreme weather events and the debt crises in large economies as Namibia\u2019s five biggest risks.<\/p>\n

The top five risks for each of the 124 economies surveyed was conducted between May and September 2021. Over 12 000 leaders answered the following question: \u201cWhat five risks will pose a critical threat to your country in the next two years?\u201d They were asked to select these from a list of 35 risks in no particular order.<\/p>\n

The climate crisis displaced the pandemic this year as the biggest risk for the world, accounting for five of the top 10 risks for the world over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

But the report also highlighted the continuing fallout of the pandemic, with developing economies struggling to bounce back from successive lockdowns while rich countries emerge more resilient.<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure to act on climate change could shrink global GDP by one-sixth,\u201d Zurich Insurance Group\u2019s chief risk officer Peter Giger said in the WEF note accompanying the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commitments taken at COP26 are still not enough to achieve the 1.5-degree goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy 2024, developing economies (excluding China) will have fallen 5.5% below their pre-pandemic expected GDP growth, while advanced economies will have surpassed it by 0.9% – widening the global income gap,\u201d the survey predicted.<\/p>\n

The WEF also emphasised the \u201csocietal scarring\u201d caused by the pandemic, including in rich countries. As protesters around Europe rally against the introduction of vaccine mandates, one of the top threats flagged up in 31 countries, including France and Germany, was the \u201cerosion of social cohesion\u201d.<\/p>\n

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