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THE world’s developing countries need a support package worth 2.5 trillion dollars to weather the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Monday in Geneva.
This is in the same order of magnitude as the national US 2-billion-dollar stimulus package that US President Donald Trump signed last week.
UNCTAD, a UN think tank and aid body, said that the shock wave from the pandemic is dramatic, even in comparison with the 2008 financial crisis.
In the two-and-a-half months since the virus was confirmed to have spread beyond China, developing countries have been hit by capital outflows, currency depreciations, falling commodity prices and dwindling tourism revenues, according to UNCTAD economists.
“There are clear indications that things will get much worse for developing economies before they get better,” UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi said in a statement.
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