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Coronavirus: Developing economies are getting crushed – here's why their rich neighbors should help them

  • Written by Rick Rowden, Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
Brazil and other developing countries are being hit hard by the pandemic.AP Photo/Andre Penner

The entire global community is now facing the unprecedented triple crisis of a global health pandemic, economic recession and global financial meltdown – and the fates of rich and poor countries have never been so intertwined.

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