WTO issues global recession warning
France experiences the worst economic contraction since the Second World War.
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevedo, is calling on governments to do everything they can to mitigate this downturn. The 大象传媒's Economics Editor Andrew Walker runs through the latest WTO report.
One of the world's biggest slums is struggling with the need for social distancing. The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is home to over one million people. But as the 大象传媒's Ed Butler reports, its many workers in the informal economy need help.
Ugandan businesses are also finding government measures aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 hard to cope with, according to Nebert Rugadya in Kampala. And over in the UK, dog trainers are turning to the internet to keep their small businesses alive.
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