Covid-19 has revealed a pre-existing pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich
Governments must take seriously the human right to an adequate standard of living – or the poverty pandemic will long outlive Covid-19
Protecting 30% of planet could bolster economy, study says
Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed
Summer statement: the UK’s Covid-19 economic crisis in five key charts
Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s statement we look at public finances, economic growth, jobs, retail and the housing market
‘We squandered a decade’: world losing fight against poverty, says UN academic
Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030 ‘completely off track’, says outgoing special rapporteur, with Covid-19 likely to impoverish millions more
Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it’s the UK that’s in dire need of aid
Like Brown in 2005, Sunak plans to help the vulnerable – but the similarities end there
Global economy will take $12tn hit from coronavirus, says IMF
World Economic Outlook says UK economy is on course to shrink by 10.2% in 2020
Angela Merkel fears economic crisis is being underestimated in EU
Leaders clash over coronavirus recovery funds, with Germany pushing for swift resolution
Johnson handing the Foreign Office control of the aid budget signals a change of priorities
With FCO spending focused on middle-income trading partners, the world’s poorest countries may end up with less
BP expects to take $17.5bn hit due to coronavirus writedown
Oil company says it may be forced to leave some of its fossil fuel discoveries in the ground
Stock markets fall heavily as another 1.5m Americans claim benefits amid Covid-19 crisis – as it happened
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as gloomy central bank forecasts make investors wary
Looming recession poses second global embarrassment for UK
First coronavirus, now the OECD says Britain will top the developing world’s recession league table. Here’s why
UK economy likely to suffer worst Covid-19 damage, says OECD
Forecast slump in GDP of 11.5% will exceed falls by France, Italy, Spain and Germany
World Bank warns Covid-19 pandemic risks dramatic rise in poverty
As many as 90% of the 183 economies are expected to suffer from falling levels of GDP in 2020
UK economy set for slow rebound from ‘unprecedented slump’
Coronavirus and looming Brexit means recovery ‘measured in years, not months’, says survey
WTO reports big slump in global trade as coronavirus takes toll
Impact of pandemic on imports and export expected to continue into second-quarter