Asia's unequal recovery sounds alarm for global rebound

Morning commuters make their way to work at the Van Trung Industrial Park in Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province, Vietnam, on Oct 10, 2020. - Bloomberg

HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Asia’s head start in the economic recovery from Covid-19 is sending a warning to the rest of the world: inequalities exacerbated by the virus are unlikely to be reversed any time soon.

Even as the region’s rebound gathers pace, many workers who lost their jobs early in the crisis find themselves stuck in new positions with less pay.