coronavirus poverty

Global inequality is on the rise – but at vastly different rates across the world

Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s

Andy Sumner, Christopher Hoy and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez via The Conversation| As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of new cases detected each day are now in developing countries. And as the pandemic spreads, governments face juggling the health consequences with economic ones as this shifts to becoming an economic crisis.