Guy Ryder

In these times of COVID-19, the big challenge for most of us is to find ways to protect ourselves and our families from the virus and to hold on to our jobs. For policymakers that translates into beating the pandemic without doing irreversible damage to the economy in the process.

The human dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic reach far beyond the critical health response. All aspects of our future—economic, social and developmental—will be affected. Our response must be urgent, coordinated and on a global scale, and should immediately deliver help to those most in need.

We need economic growth that is sustainable and job-rich, rather than just statistically impressive