COVID: poorest countries should have stopped short of full workplace closures - economist
- Written by Mehdi Shiva, Economist, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
COVID and containment measures have brought Afghanistan to brink of humanitarian catastrophe. Mohammad Rahmani/UnsplashIn Afghanistan, about 11 million people – 35% of the population – are struggling to get access to decent food. The years of conflict have played a part, and a bad harvest has helped to drive up food prices, but much of...