From global pandemic to prosperity to all: Avoiding another lost decade

By Caribbean News Global

GENEVA, Switzerland — COVID-19 threatens to set us back decades and halt the delivery of the sustainable development goals. But UNCTAD’s new 2020 Trade and Development Report says the pandemic is more of a catalyst than a cause. It also argues an aborted economic recovery, and another lost decade, is a matter of policy choice.

This podcast unpacks why this is the case with Richard Kozul-Wright, director of UNCTAD’s division on globalization and development strategies.