Healing the Fractures of the Global Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and widened earlier economic and social divisions and created new ones. It has accentuated disparities among workers, highlighting the disadvantages of the young, female, and least educated; frailties in public health systems, the precariousness of work, and the digital divide. It has challenged governments, which now face higher spending needs and ballooning debts, and brought to light the long simmering issue of racial injustice. As the world seeks to grasp the new normal, it faces many unknowns. This issue of
Finance &Development gives voice to diverse contributors on what needs to be done.
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