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Elevated inequalities place countries in a more vulnerable position to confront the pandemic. Going forward, fighting inequality will be crucial for reducing vulnerability to health and other emergencies and for enhancing the resilience of societies.
New partnerships have been crucial in responding to new data demands, helping National Statistical Offices introduce measures that are permanently changing the statistical production process in many countries.
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.