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Why Pandemics Hit Hardest Among the World’s Poor

  • May 30, 2020

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  • 02:08

Higher rates of infection. Critical travel needs. And reduced bargaining power for unskilled labor. The IMF’s Jonathan Ostry explains how the world’s poor are disproportionately impacted by a pandemic like COVID-19

  • Jonathan Ostry, Deputy Director Asia and Pacific Department IMF