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Click here for more The stagnation of stunting rates is particularly alarming. Height, unlike weight, is not affected by short-term factors, so this is not a transient setback. Stunting in childhood is associated with serious impairments later in life, including lower school achievements. Note that the NFHS-5 data pertains to the situation just before the COVID-19 crisis. One year later, chances are that child nutrition has deteriorated. Indeed, numerous household surveys point to severe food insecurity across India in 2020. In the latest survey, Hunger Watch, two-thirds of the respondents (a...

Image The New Poor Over the past 12 months, the pandemic has harmed the poor and vulnerable the most, and it is threatening to push millions more into poverty. This year, after decades of steady progress in reducing the number of people living on less than $1.90/day, COVID-19 will usher in the first reversal in the fight against extreme poverty in a generation. In a worst-case scenario, the figure could be as high as 115 million. The World Bank Group forecasts that the largest share of the “new poor” will be in South Asia, with Sub-Saharan Africa close behind.  According to the ...

3 Taking Advantage of the Opportunities The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged economies around the world, but when 2020 is wrapped up, China will likely prove to be the only large country that has contributed to global GDP growth. It’s no surprise to institutional investors who are enticed by such growth that access to China can be a challenge – especially in the hedge fund space – but it can be decidedly less so when working with an investment partner that knows the lay of the land. One of the first foreign asset ma...

3 Taking Advantage of the Opportunities The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged economies around the world, but when 2020 is wrapped up, China will likely prove to be the only large country that has contributed to global GDP growth. It’s no surprise to institutional investors who are enticed by such growth that access to China can be a challenge – especially in the hedge fund space – but it can be decidedly less so when working with an investment partner that knows the lay of the land. One of the first foreign asset ma...