Meagan Dooley

FILE PHOTO: A civilian receives relief food during a government distribution exercise to civilians affected by the lockdown, as part of measures to prevent the potential spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kampala, Uganda April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

How to balance debt and development

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Long-run impacts of COVID-19 on extreme poverty

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Daily wage laborers and homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

An employee works at a JD.com logistics centre in Langfang, Hebei province, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

East Asia leads e-commerce and the digital trade revolution

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Monday, April 19, 2021

Lima, Peru.- In the photos taken on November 20, 2020, it shows rural families, dedicated to different livestock activities in Lima, Peru. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the informal employment rate at the national level increased from 73% in the first quarter of this year to 75.2% in the third quarter, thus reaching the value highest in more than eight years. Today, almost eight out of ten jobs are informal.

Debt distress and development distress: Twin crises of 2021

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Venezuelan migrants react when members of the Bolivarian National Guard (not pictured) try to stop them on their way to the border between Venezuela and Colombia, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Cristobal, Venezuela October 12, 2020. Picture taken October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

Venezuelan refugees and their receiving communities need funding, not sympathy

Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley

Friday, February 26, 2021

Lima, Peru.- Peruvians claim the new bonus granted by the state as an economic aid in the midst of the pandemic on December 10, 2020. More than 52 thousand workers of micro-enterprises benefited from the bonus of S / 760 for perfect suspension of labor, economic compensation that is delivered to mitigate the economic impact generated by Covid-19.

COVID-19’s legacy of debt and debt service in developing countries

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

--FILE--Customers shop for dairy products due to discounts at a supermarket in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 16 October 2017.Consumers who are anticipating cheaper prices for products during the upcoming Nov 11 shopping festival may not necessarily find them online, a new study said. According to the 2017 China shopping report jointly released by market consultancies Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel, the online prices of many product categories are higher than those offered in physical stores, with the biggest price differences seen for toothbrushes, hair conditioners and kitchen cleansing supplies. Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel for Greater China, said the price differences can be largely attributed to the fact that relatively more high-end products are purchased online. "While Chinese consumers used to shop online for low prices in the past, it has been increasingly noticeable in the recent five years that people prefer products that indicate a better lifestyle or entail more added value," he said. As a result, the sales of imported goods, especially food products and personal care products, have risen significantly, he said. "To cater to this trend, leading e-commerce players such as Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their offerings on their platforms to meet the demand of the rising middle class and younger consumers," he said.No Use China. No Use France.

China’s influence on the global middle class

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

October 2020

A hairdresser uses her phone as she waits for clients at a makeshift saloon in Soweto, August 4, 2014. While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L'Oreal and Unilever. Hairdressers are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent's rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women. Picture taken August 4. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TELECOMS)

What types of interventions promote women’s entrepreneurship?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

A shop owner poses for a photograph at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa December 16, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

What works for women microentrepreneurs?

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, September 16, 2020