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Up to 38 million people in East Asian and Pacific countries will be pushed into poverty by the coronavirus crisis, the World Bank has said. It will be the region’s …
Pandemic to create millions of ‘new poor’ in East Asia: World Bank Read More
The South African government is investigating reports of large-scale “looting” of its $26 billion coronavirus rescue package, launched to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic on struggling households. …
South Africa’s COVID relief fund dogged by delays and corruption Read More
Instead of reopening society for the sake of the economy, what if we continued to work less, buy less, make less—for the sake of the planet? At the end of …
COVID-19 Broke the Economy. What If We Don’t Fix It? Read More
During the early weeks of coronavirus in the UK, there was an obsessive focus on supermarkets and how they were handling the pandemic. It was as if traditional retail markets …
Coronavirus recovery: why local markets are key to reviving our locked down town centres Read More
The European Union‘s executive arm on Wednesday proposed a wage-subsidy scheme to encourage employers to cut workers’ hours rather than their jobs amid the coronavirus epidemic, a plan that could …
Coronavirus: The economic recovery won’t only be U-shaped – it’ll look like a wheelbarrow Read More