Financial Express (India) published an op-ed by IFPRI researchers Avinash Kishore and Manavi Gupta who state that while rural India is poorer than its urban counterpart, in the COVID-19 crisis, it is the urban poor who are far more vulnerable with less social and government support. India’s 21-day lockdown is a significantly bigger shock to the economy and will hurt urban families far more.
The Coronavirus lockdown and India’s urban vulnerables (Financial Express)
April 01, 2020