COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Inequality (PDF)

Dr. Rajib Bhattacharyya, is an Associate Professor in Economics, in Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He graduated in Economics from St Xavier's College; Masters, M.Phil and Ph.D in Economics - all from the University of Calcutta. He has 20 years of teaching experience. His fields of research interests are - International Trade, Finance, Indian Economic Development, and Women Empowerment. He has contributed a good number of articles and has also worked as a member of the Editorial Board in reputed national and international journals/ books viz. IGI Global (USA), Emerald (U.K.) and Springer. He has recently edited a book entitled "Gains and Pains of Financial Integration and Trade Liberalization - Lessons from Emerging Economies" (Emerald, U.K.); Comparative Advantage in the Knowledge Economy: A National and Organizational Resource- edited by Dr. Rajib Bhattacharyya [Emerald Publishing Limited, U.K.] and The Covid-19 Pandemic, India and the World- Economic and Social Policy Perspective- (Co-Editors Ananya Ghosh Dastidar and Soumyen Sikdar).



Ramesh Chandra Das, PhD, is currently Professor of Economics at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Prof. Das has the teaching and research experience of about twenty five years. His main areas of research lie in Theoretical and Applied Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics and Political Economics. He has contributed several research papers to national and international journals of reputes along with more than a dozen of edited volumes in different areas of the subject.



Dr. Achintya Ray is a Professor in the College of Business at Tennessee State University. He is a member of the Community Advisory Board at the Renasant Bank. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Audaz Capital, a boutique venture capital and private equity firm specializing in social mobility through the innovative application of advanced technology. Dr. Ray is a