
The Recovery Needs Development Aid
SUNSHINE COAST – At the start of the year, when COVID-19 was ravaging Wuhan, China, and beginning to envelop the West, I warned that the crisis would likely be replicated across much of the developing world, with significant long-term consequences for us all. Sadly, this prediction was correct.
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The COVID-19 crisis has also accelerated other concerning shifts that........
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