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Urban Transport Workers: Key to Covid Response and Recovery

Report Published 08 Apr 2020

As both a health and economic crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic is the largest global challenge of our lifetimes. Over 30 percent of the world’s population is now under some form of restricted movement, while workers in many industries face loss of income and threats to their employment due to the severe contraction of the economy. 
 

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