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Title: The Persistent Pandemic Affect Widening Inequality Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries
Heads up! Economic forecasters are predicting a bright future for emerging markets. However, their optimistic outlook seems a bit too optimistic.
(Barry Eichengreen - Tuesday 18 January 2022)
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a significant influencing factor in global economic trends and inequalities. By 2025, emerging markets are expected to face multiple challenges.
Economic Challenges
Reduced funding for healthcare infrastructure in both developed and developing economies threatens effective pandemic management. Potential budget cuts in the U.S., such as cuts to wastewater surveillance, vaccine campaigns, and long COVID clinics, could affect global health coordination, particularly in emerging markets that rely on international partnerships.[1] Additionally, trade disruptions from new tariffs, like those projected in Trump's 2025 policies, which could decrease long-run GDP by 6%, reduce export opportunities for developing nations.[4][5]
Deloitte forecasts a slowing global growth of 2.2% in 2025, primarily due to weaker consumer spending and investment.[4][5]
Inequality Impacts
The pandemic has reversed 30 years of progress in reducing global income inequality. Emerging markets are now grappling with a double burden:
- Fiscal limitations: Developing countries face reduced capacity to address health crises due to existing debt loads and fewer stimulus capabilities in comparison to initiatives from 2020-2022.[1][3]
- Asymmetric trade impacts: Tariff wars and slowing import/export growth (projected to be 1.8% and 0.7% for U.S. trade in 2025) restrict developing countries' recovery paths.[5]
Emerging Market Vulnerabilities
While advanced economies employ targeted stimulus measures, like the $500 payments in the U.S., many developing nations lack similar tools. This discrepancy could lead to divergent recoveries.[3] The decline in pandemic preparedness funding contributes to existing discrepancies in healthcare access and economic resilience, potentially exacerbating inequalities through 2025 and beyond.[1]
- "Despite the optimistic forecasts by economic forecasters, Barry Eichengreen expresses concern about the forthcoming challenges for emerging markets by 2025."
- "One of the significant challenges facing emerging markets is the risk of reduced funding for healthcare infrastructure in both developed and developing economies, which could impact global health coordination and affordable pandemic management."
- "The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widening inequality gap between rich and poor countries, reversing 30 years of progress in reducing global income inequality, particularly for emerging markets."
- "As advanced economies continue to implement targeted stimulus measures, many developing nations without similar economic tools might face divergent recoveries, further exacerbating inequalities."
