Pandemic threatens lost decade for development, UN report reveals

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed development gains for millions in poor countries, creating an even more sharply unequal world, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. 

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‘Inequality virus’ threatens ‘catastrophe for all’ unless crisis can be overcome together

15 Apr 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, with many lower-income countries now seeing development gains reversed.

COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy

24 May 2024

Data crunched by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the COVID-19 emergency reversed more than a decade of gains in life expectancy, reinforcing the need for countries to agree on a global pandemic treaty to protect future generations.

Post-pandemic ‘green shift’ in transport could create up to 15 million jobs

19 May 2020

Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to a UN-backed report published on Tuesday.