COVID-19 and the world of work
The International Labour Organization Monitor released its 4th edition which focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the work. According to their estimates, 94 % of the world’s workers are living in countries with some sort of workplace closure measures in places. The ILO predicts a decline in working hours of around 10.7% for […]
The impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition
Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the COVID-19 pandemic and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food emergency. In long term, the functioning of food systems could be disrupted and this could have big consequences for health and nutrition. Measures to control COVID-19 outbreak, […]
After the pandemic, a global hunger crisis
In the last four years, the number of people suffering acute hunger rose from 80 million to 135 million people. The pandemic could drive 130 million more people into that state by December 2020, due to a mix of factors including unemployment, declining exports and war. Many people, mostly in the informal economy or service […]
