"... Indeed, the contribution of precarious work and the informal sector to exacerbating the pandemic and rendering societies more vulnerable has largely escaped detailed scrutiny or policy debate globally. COVID-19 has highlighted a number of structural problems as well as the need to learn from the past. It affords an opportunity for an evidence-driven policy re-set with regard to the primacy of health infrastructure/goals, reintegrating work and public health, and policies to reshape work arrangements. The pandemic is also a warning signal as it is unlikely to be the last major global disaster/catastrophe experienced in coming decades. Climate change, environmental degradation, and habitat loss interacting with rising economic inequality and ongoing structural racism will see to that."

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