Pandemic will leave deep scars in world economy
published :
19 Apr 2021 at 04:30
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Entertainment workers gather for a flashmob performance called by the 'Bauli in Piazza' movement to protest against restrictions and closures linked to the coronavirus pandemic, in Rome on Saturday. AFP
Just as some patients recovering from Covid-19 suffer long-lasting symptoms, it's becoming clear that the same will be true for the global economy once this year's V-shaped rebound fades.
While US$26 trillion (811 trillion baht) worth of crisis support and the arrival of vaccines have fuelled a faster recovery than many anticipated, the legacies of stunted education, the destruction of jobs, war-era levels of debt and widening inequalities between races, genders, generations and geographies will leave lasting scars, most of them in the poorest nations.