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The Pandemic & Informality: What Needs to Be Done Now!

The Pandemic & Informality: What Needs to Be Done Now!

The Pandemic and Informality: What Needs to Be Done Now!

By Karen Tramontano

With over 35 million unemployed, over 138,000 dead from COVID-19 and over 3.5 million confirmed infections in the United States, it is difficult to think about anything other than the leadership and policy change that needs to happen in America. As bad as it is here — and it is getting worse — every aspect of what is bad in the U.S. is even worse for workers in the Global South — especially workers in the informal economy.

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