Winston Churchill once said that one should never let a good crisis go to waste. Given the multi-faceted, repercussive nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy responses have understandably focused on mitigating the short-run health and employment crises. With the exception of initiatives to spur digital technology or green energy, few countries have pivoted to a consideration of the trickier economic reforms that may be needed to rebound faster and achieve “better jobs for more people” after the crisis.
Post Pandemic Labor Policy Reforms – What we’ve been reading: How post-pandemic labor policy reforms are key to creating more, better jobs (Theresa Osborne, Kevwe Pela, World Bank blogs)
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