www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_743036/lang--en/index.htm
The ILO is a UN agency, so highly reputable.
Christ.
That’s on top of the 125 million pushed onto starvation territory, according to the World Food Programme.
Separately, The Economist shows that closing schools disproportionally impacts the youngest and poorest pupils, with the average 8 year old losing a year of attainment by September. That’s equivalent to a 10% reduction in lifetime earning capacity. Even the best schools are only able to achieve around 40% of the schooling of classroom based lessons. It’s worse by far in the developing world.
www.economist.com/international/2020/04/27/closing-schools-for-covid-19-does-lifelong-harm-and-widens-inequality?fsrc=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2020-04-28&utm_content=article-link-1
Lockdown is a developed country solution.