Future Development

Commuters walk through Canary Wharf, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world and as European stocks plunge into bear market territory, in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Using big data to assess London’s vulnerabilities and vitality

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, Baldwin Tong, and Andreas Walli · Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A healthcare worker takes a break outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Coronavirus lessons from New York and San Francisco

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a car at the NNPC Mega petrol station in Abuja, Nigeria, March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

As oil prices plummet, how can resource-rich countries diversify their economies?

Addisu Lashitew, Michael Ross, and Eric Werker

Friday, April 3, 2020

SAADA, YEMEN- In the photos taken on February 4, 2020, it shows a displaced persons camp in Razih district in Saada province, Yemen, on February 4, 2020. In Yemen, 12 percent of the population is displaced after almost four years of conflict and 4.7 million children need humanitarian assistance to continue their education. Across the country, two million children do not go to school.

Yemen’s civilians: Besieged on all sides

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Fahmids keeps on doing her job as a cashier in Paris, wearing a face mask and gloves. A crystal panel has been installed to separate her from costumers.

When face-to-face interactions become an occupational hazard: Jobs in the time of COVID-19

Besart Avdiu and Gaurav Nayyar

Monday, March 30, 2020

Nine-year-old Eve looks out of the front window at home, as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Awakening in the post-pandemic world

Dennis J. Snower

Friday, March 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen ahead of the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

IMF Special Drawing Rights: A key tool for attacking a COVID-19 financial fallout in developing countries

Kevin P. Gallagher, José Antonio Ocampo, and Ulrich Volz

Thursday, March 26, 2020

A medical official in protective gear checks the body temperature of a traveller, who arrives from provinces, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kabul, Afghanistan March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Do countries have immune systems? 5 lessons from fragile states to help fight the coronavirus

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

People wearing protective face masks, sit on social distancing benches at a bus station after many workers crowded the terminal station to return to their cities after many activities have been closed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Thailand March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Challinee Thirasupa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A mortality perspective on COVID-19: Time, location, and age

Katharina Fenz and Homi Kharas

Monday, March 23, 2020

Polish tenor Piotr Beczala and Russian soprano singer Aida Garifullina perform during the opening ceremony of the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Caremongering in the time of coronavirus: Random acts of kindness and online enrichment

Daniel Kaufmann

Thursday, March 19, 2020

A man holds up a peace sign in a crowd while watching performers at the Brazilian Day 2017 festival in New York City, U.S., September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney

To end global poverty, invest in peace

Franck Bousquet

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

A man wearing a protective face mask in front of a restaurant in Paris (Avenue des Champs Elysee) as shops, schools remain closed and workers asked to work from home if possible, part of the latest French governmental measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, France, March 16, 2020.Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

The triple economic shock of COVID-19 and priorities for an emergency G-20 leaders meeting

Adam Triggs and Homi Kharas

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Destroyed buildings are seen through a hole in Benghazi lighthouse after it was severely damaged by years of armed conflict, in Benghazi, Libya July 10, 2019 . Picture taken July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The World Bank steps up on fragility and conflict: Is it asking the right questions?

Monday, March 16, 2020

A woman wearing a plastic glove holds money as she stands in a queue to buy face masks at a post office, after a shortage of masks amid the rise in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, in Daegu, South Korea, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

5 lessons for using universal basic income during a pandemic

Friday, March 13, 2020

An employee wearing a face mask works on a car seat assembly line at Yanfeng Adient factory in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

The coronavirus will reveal hidden vulnerabilities in complex global supply chains

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Contributors

Homi Kharas

Interim Vice President and Director - Global Economy and Development

Shanta Devarajan

Professor of the Practice of Development - Georgetown University

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Wolfgang Fengler

Lead Economist, Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation - World Bank

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Indermit Gill

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

About Future Development

This blog was first launched in September 2013 by the World Bank and the Brookings Institution in an effort to hold governments more accountable to poor people and offer solutions to the most prominent development challenges. Continuing this goal, Future Development was re-launched in January 2015 at brookings.edu.

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