informal sector

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  • The Great Lockdown hits the Third World hard

    , by Gilbert Achcar, Le Monde diplomatique

    With the Covid-19 pandemic, the planet is experiencing its worst economic crisis since the inter-war period. Explosion of unemployment, food insecurity, school dropout...: if the effects of the "great lockdown" are felt everywhere, they are multiplied in poor countries, where the informal sector, by definition devoid of social protection, holds a preponderant place.

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