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Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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Coronavirus: India’s lockdowns are a matter of life and death for its 450 million informal workers (Asia Today) 

March 24, 2020


South China Morning Star reported on Covid-19 and how 90% of the workforce and half of the country’s GDP are now in vulnerable life situations. Senior Researcher Purnima Menon commented that the state and central governments would need to cooperate on the issue. “The government needs to think from a short-term, medium-term, and long-term perspective.” Republished on Asia TodayNate.Com (South Korea).

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