UN report suggests temporary basic income to help world’s poorest amid pandemic
New York City, USReuters A temporary basic income for the world’s poorest 2.7 billion people in 132 developing countries could help slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing them to stay home, according to a UN Development Programme report released on Thursday. The report suggests three options – top-ups on existing average incomes, lump-sum […]
Pandemic may reverse human development for first time in 30 years, UN says
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The novel coronavirus outbreak has starkly exposed inequalities worldwide and could set back human development for the first time since 1990, the United Nations said last week. It said the crisis had, though, revealed the strength of collective action in the face of a common threat and urged the world to […]
Pacific islands urged to retune post-pandemic for new economic age
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Pacific islands that rely on tourism should reset their economies and invest in sustainable industries and migrant workers to better weather the impact of disease and disaster, according to a senior United Nations official. Kanni Wignaraja, head of the UN Development Programme for Asia-Pacific, urged small Pacific economies that were […]
UN development head: Coronavirus crisis will hit the world’s poorest for years
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to hit the world’s poorest nations disproportionately, the United Nations has warned, not just as a health crisis but as a social and economic crisis for billions of people in the months and years to come. The disease will likely overwhelm under-resourced hospitals and fragile health systems, […]