The world’s poorest countries have yet to regain their pre-pandemic development levels, a sign that the gap between the world’s most-developed and least-developed economies may be widening.
COVID-19 Pandemic
Three years ago, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on warring parties to “put armed conflict on lockdown” to allow health workers to fight COVID-19. The call for a global cease-fire created a glimmer of hope during the early days of the pandemic. But today it feels like a historical footnote from a very different time.
