COVID-19’s negative impact on health and education may last decades

PLUS: Why working in partnership is key to fighting corruption. [Having trouble seeing this email?](  [© World Bank Group](  [COVID-19 response, new research on human capital, and looking ahead to our Annual Meetings]( Hard-won human capital gains are at risk due to COVID-19. The World Bank Group’s 2020 Human Capital Index update provides insights to better inform policies to protect and invest in people. World Bank Group President David Malpass [provides an update]( on some of the work underway to address COVID-19 and other development challenges. [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [The herders leave with the animals, while the rest of the family follows by cart with all of the necessary supplies. Increasingly wives remain in the village with the youngest children so they can go to school. 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