Opinion OpinionCovid-19 hits emerging marketsVulnerable countries will struggle to recover from the pandemic’s economic falloutUrgent action is needed to help the world’s poorestCoronavirus pandemic threatens a human and economic catastropheCoronavirus must not destroy an open world economyThe global health emergency makes trade more important, not lessFive world leaders: No time for geopolitical turf battlesWe need a global alliance to fight the pandemicIngram Pinn’s illustration of the week: Testing timesGovernments scramble for coronavirus testsA cost-effective way to help emerging markets fight Covid-19They need balance of payments support if their economies are to ‘stop and reboot’Staying at home is a luxury many Indian workers cannot affordNarendra Modi failed to say how millions of employees — mainly rural migrants — were to get byMore from this SeriesThe tragedy of two failing superpowersTo address the pandemic, China and the US must not only function. They must function togetherIn poor countries, the lockdown cure could be worse than diseaseInstructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housingThe window is closing fast on Brazil’s economic reform agendaCoronavirus crisis is further weakening the currency of a country which now faces a sharp recessionHungary is no longer a contestable democracyViktor Orban’s emergency powers to fight coronavirus are a constitutional outrage Globalisation and national resilience can coexist despite Covid-19Disease spreads along trade routes, but so do the knowledge and resources to beat themQuarantine the Chinese way for greater peace of mindI asked my friends in China whether they would fare better cooped up than westerners
