COVID-19 has decimated livelihoods in urban India and created a new underclass of workers who are being pushed into poverty. Shania Bhalotia, Swati Dhingra and Fjolla Kondirolli (LSE) say a national work guarantee is needed to prevent mass long-term unemployment and poverty.

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11 September 2020

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LSE Covid-19

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/09/11/city-of-dreams-no-more-covid-19-in-urban-india/

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