Coronavirus pandemic may reverse human development for first time in 30 years, UN says

The novel coronavirus outbreak has starkly exposed inequalities worldwide and could set back human development for the first time since 1990, the United Nations said on Wednesday.It said the crisis had, though, revealed the strength of collective action in the face of a common threat and urged the world to show the same force on climate change.“The Covid-19 pandemic is unleashing a human development crisis,” the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report.Other shocks – such as the…

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