Evidence backs up health benefits and may show the way forward
The gulf between the wealthiest and poorest had been increasing even before the covid-19 destroyed the globe’s health and economies. 1 Recent research indicates a growing depth of poverty, and women and children are the biggest casualties of this deepening divide. 2 The World Bank predicts the number of people in extreme poverty will increase by 70-100 million in 2021 alone. 3
Welfare programmes were often criticised as unable to deal with economic changes, such as the threat of automation and rise in flexible work. However, since March 2020, […]
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