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2021 CDP report, ECOSOC resolutions, GA resolutions
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the world
of work, hitting labour markets that were already weak
and fragile.
A full recovery from the pandemic crisis is not possible without addressing economic security and reducing inequality.
This policy brief highlights inequality in the experience of economic security focusing on the risks to livelihoods and the protections against those risks as laid out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This policy brief reviews the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Africa and presents the continent?s social protection responses.
2021 Monitoring reports for Angola, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
2021 Vulnerability Profiles for Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Myanmar
2021 Impact assessments for Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Myanmar
The jump in deposits in 2020 can largely be attributed to the temporarily increased savings of the non-financial businesses and households amid limited spending and investment opportunities and to strong liquidity preferences and high risk-aversion during the crisis.
COVID-19 is accelerating the pace of digital transformation. In so doing, it is opening the opportunities for advancing social progress and fostering social inclusion, while simultaneously exacerbating the risk of increased inequalities and exclusion of those who are not digitally connected.
The pandemic has exposed systemic vulnerabilities of the world economy. A robust and resilient recovery will require strengthening public finances and improving debt sustainability, combating inequality and expanding social protection, and promoting climate action and environmental sustainability.