Cash injection urged to help poor fight COVID-19 during vaccine wait
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation More than 80 per cent of people in some developing countries have lost income due to COVID-19, economists said on Friday, warning that soaring poverty could hamper efforts to control the disease in nations where mass inoculation may be a long way off. Without emergency assistance, people desperate to feed their […]
Britons would pay more tax for a fairer society as COVID-19 exposes inequality
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britons would be happy to pay higher taxes for a fairer, more caring and gender-equal society as the coronavirus pandemic transforms people’s views about the world they want to live in, economists said on Wednesday. In a major report to be presented to parliamentarians, regional governments and business leaders, they laid […]
Water pollution an “invisible threat” to global goals, economists warn
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report on Tuesday, citing the largest-ever database on the world’s water quality. The World Bank report warned of the ripple effects of water pollution on the health, […]