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A year has now almost passed since the first cases of the pandemic were reported in Europe. No one thought that this would take so long. As Israel emerges as the leader in vaccinating its population, many European countries lag. We have all been hit by this pandemic. Some have lost their lives, others have lost their dear ones, and many have lost their income.
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Oxfam: Over a third of the population without safety net to cope with Covid-19 economic crisis
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15 Dec 2020
Nine months on from the start of the pandemic, as many as 2.7 billion people - equivalent to over a third of the world’s population - have no publicly funded safety nets to fall back on to cope with its effects, new Oxfam research with Development Pathways has found.
While wealthy countries have pumped $9.8 trillion (£7.4 trillion) into their economies, including significant measures to support workers and the general population, the majority of low- and middle-income countries have not been able to deploy the same ‘whatever it takes approach’ to protecting their people and economies.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:16 am
New Oxfam research shows that over a third of the
world’s population has had no public money to cope with
the effects of the pandemic.
A new report “Shelter
from the Storm”, done in partnership with Development
Pathways, reviewed government schemes used to inject
additional money to help people, such as disability,
unemployment, child, and elderly benefits, for 126 low and
middle-income countries. It found none of them were adequate
to meet everyone’s needs.
Overall, the world has
spent an additional $11.7
trillion this year to cope with the fallout from the
coronavirus pandemic. Of this, $9.8 trillion (83%) was spent
Tuesday, 15 December, 2020 - 13:16
New Oxfam research shows that over a third of the world’s population has had no public money to cope with the effects of the pandemic.
A new report Shelter from the Storm , done in partnership with Development Pathways, reviewed government schemes used to inject additional money to help people, such as disability, unemployment, child, and elderly benefits, for 126 low and middle-income countries. It found none of them were adequate to meet everyone’s needs.
Overall, the world has spent an additional $11.7 trillion this year to cope with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Of this, $9.8 trillion (83%) was spent by 36 rich countries against just $42 billion (0.4%) in 59 low-income countries.