How poor countries can deal with the economic shock of COVID-19
Retailers have cancelled $1.5 billion of garment orders from Bangladesh. Image: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Dorothy Tembo
Acting Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Ratnakar Adhikari
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
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