The toll of anti-LGBTQ laws, UN SDGs, and Turkey’s wealth amnesty

We round up the numbers from the week’s key economic stories to keep you in the know. 

Friday is here yet again and another week is under our belts. In this week’s “Numbers”, we dive into the economic toll of anti-LGBTQ laws and discrimination. Did you know that countries are losing billions of dollars a year due to homophobia? We also have our finger on the pulse of the United Nations development agenda. While progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals has been dealt a setback by the coronavirus pandemic, the man charged with pushing those goals forward says there are “reasons not to be without hope”.