Pandemic wipes out years of progress on Asian poverty, from Indonesia to the Philippines and Thailand

Times have been tight for Lasmi Asih’s family ever since her husband lost his job at a department store in Jakarta amid the coronavirus pandemic.She is now the sole breadwinner, and must provide for both herself, her husband and their two children on a single garment factory worker’s wage – which has forced some difficult choices.“We are really struggling to get by, we used to have two incomes … not that much but enough to fulfil our daily needs,” Lasmi said. “Our finances have been badly hit…

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