COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them

In many countries, income inequality has risen steeply since the 1980s, with adverse social and economic consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic now cruelly highlights those inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Some groups, such as migrant workers and workers in the informal economy, are particularly affected … Continue reading COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them