It was not immediately clear whether a Myanmar representative would attend, after ASEAN foreign ministers last week removed the leader of Myanmar’s junta government from the annual meeting. President Joko Widodo called for the reopening of borders in the ASEAN region. This was expressed when speaking virtually at the 2021 …
Read More »Inequality and Inflation Barrier to Recovery from a Pandemic
The global economic recovery from this year’s COVID-19 crisis will be slow as countries face rising prices, high debt burdens, and mixed recovery. Poor countries will lag behind rich countries,” said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday (5/10). Despite having hundreds of billions of dollars …
Read More »New York Food Hawkers Await Full Recovery Of Economic Activity
Before restaurants expanded onto sidewalks for open-air dining during the pandemic, New York street food vendors were already offering “outdoor” dining. But these thousands of peddlers are still waiting for the full restoration of the city, which used to bring in hundreds of dollars a week.
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