Kingdom cuts inequality, says Oxfam

Cambodia performs better at global commitment to reduce inequality, despite COVID-19, according to a report on Oxfam in Cambodia Policy. For months on end, governments worldwide have shown their commitment in tackling the crippling effects of the pandemic. Their commitment has been demonstrated by the allocation of additional resources to assist sectors and vulnerable groups heavily affected by the outbreak, as well as reviews of policies to optimise the impact of response and recovery measures.

Despite the investments that governments have pledged, a new report from Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI), released in October 2020, revealed that low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labour rights have meant that the majority of the world’s countries were ill-equipped to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.

The global commitment to reducing the inequality index (CRII) shows that only 26 out of 158 countries were spending a recommended 15 percent of their budgets on health prior to the pandemic and, in 103 countries, at least one in three  workers lacked basic labour rights and protection, such as sick pay, when the virus struck.

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