Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

A man grinds grains at a store in Maiduguri, Nigeria October 31, 2021. Picture taken October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Future Development

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria

Jonathan Lain and Tara Vishwanath

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Eviction notice and surgical mask

Up Front

The destabilizing cost of a pandemic: What COVID-19 meant for renters already getting assistance

Sophia R. Fox-Dichter, Yung Chun, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Reviving travel in the COVID-19 era: Assessing the challenges

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

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The Avenue

How a Massachusetts town is investing in social infrastructure to rebuild its Main Street

Aaron Greiner and Emily Cooper

Monday, November 15, 2021

Reports

Students wearing face masks walk home following a class as schools reopen on a trial basis after the government extended restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ciamis, West Java, Indonesia September 9, 2021. Antara Foto/Adeng Bustomi/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2BMP9ZA7S4

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Resilience in the Asia Pacific: Vaccines and the “triple challenge”

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Report

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt problem: Mapping the pandemic’s effect and the way forward

Chris Heitzig, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and Lemma Senbet

Thursday, October 21, 2021

SEATTLE / WASHINGTON - November 28, 2018 : Container ship and dockyard cranes, Seattle waterfront Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest

Report

October 2021 update to TIGER: The global economic recovery is in danger of stalling

Aryan Khanna and Eswar Prasad

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Woman working at her laptop with husband and child in the background.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Women, work, and families: Recovering from the pandemic-induced recession

Betsey Stevenson

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Young girl with surgical mask in freezer section of grocery store.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

An update on the effect of Pandemic EBT on measures of food hardship

Lauren Bauer, Krista Ruffini, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Blog Posts

Sunrise Movement members rallied at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 21, 2021. The rally launched a 105-mile, week-long trek to Washington, DC where they will meet up with other Sunrise groups and deliver demands to the Biden Administration and Congress. (Photo by Paul Weaver/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The Avenue

American Rescue Plan funds can jump-start stalled opportunities for youth

Martha Ross, Lili Allen, Annelies Goger, and Avni Nahar

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Fone Coulibaly ties up tomato plants in one of Amadou Sidibe's greenhouses in Katibougou, Mali, February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Annie Risemberg

Africa in Focus

Key strategies to accelerate Africa’s post-COVID recovery

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

A woman is seen wearing a face mask pushes her bicycle through a water-logged road during a heavy rain in Bangkok on September 19, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Vachira Vachira/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Future Development

Financial risk assessment and management in times of compounding climate and pandemic shocks

Irene Monasterolo, Nepomuk Dunz, Andrea Mazzocchetti, and Arthur H. Essenfelder

Friday, October 22, 2021

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Events

Resilience after recession: The emerging landscape for American workers and families

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

Aftershocks: Pandemic politics and the end of the old international order

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Why understanding the origin of COVID-19 is essential for policymakers: Discussing future regulations to prevent pandemics

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

Aftershocks

Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order

By Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl

2021

Experts

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Director - Africa Growth Initiative

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Wendy Edelberg

Director - The Hamilton Project

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Lauren Bauer

Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

Covid and the end of the post 9/11 era

Thomas Wright and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Imagen de archivo de personal de seguridad vigilando el exterior del Instituto de Virología de Wuhan durante la visita del equipo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a cargo de investigar los orígenes del COVID-19, en Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, China. 3 de febrero, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/Archivo

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Politics and International Relations

The IC’s report of the origins of the pandemic and the PRC’s hysterical propaganda onslaught

Thomas Wright and Ian Masters

Background Briefing

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

People camp out on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to highlight the upcoming expiration of the pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions, in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Podcast Episode

The eviction ban has been extended — for now. What comes next?

Jenny Schuetz and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 6, 2021

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More on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

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Asia Pacific must fix its broken vaccine system

Malcolm Turnbull and Syaru Shirley Lin

Monday, October 25, 2021

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA- In the photos taken on August 19, 2020, the shops of the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Once opened their doors this Wednesday (19), thanks to current regulations that allow their operation during the current phase of Social, Preventive Isolation and Mandatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Building an inclusive recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Otaviano Canuto, and Pepe Zhang

Monday, October 25, 2021

SDRs for COVID-19 relief: The good, the challenging, and the uncertain

Ali Zafar, Jan Muench, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, October 21, 2021

U.S. currency peeking out from behind two surgical masks

Navigating the debt legacy of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

EU flags waving in front of European Parliament building. Brussels, Belgium

A conversation about economics and geopolitics with Paolo Gentiloni

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Friday, October 15, 2021

Young people working in coffee shop with surgical masks on.

Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee

Thursday, October 14, 2021