Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be undone due to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The aid organisation World Vision wants a once in a lifetime multi national effort to rebuild Pacific livelihoods that have been shattered by the pandemic.
The Pacific Aftershock Report World Vision reveals the results of a survey of households across the region.
It said while much of the Pacific has not had local cases of Covid-19 there has been a tragic human cost due to the economic fallout.
World Vision New Zealand’s TJ Grant said the economic devastation could take a greater toll than the virus itself.
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