Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

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External Article

What do financial conditions tell us about risks to GDP growth?

Patrick Adams, Tobias Adrian, Nina Boyarchenko, Domenico Giannone, Nellie Liang, and Eric Qian

Friday, May 22, 2020

A worker is seen sampling packaged phosphate at a packing warehouse at the Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Africa in focus

The African Continental Free Trade Area and measures to facilitate trade could significantly mitigate COVID-19’s economic impact in Africa

Nassim Oulmane, Mustapha Sadni Jallab, and Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba

Friday, May 22, 2020

Migrant workers clean fields amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Salinas Valley near Salinas, California, U.S., March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Future Development

Less gratitude, please. How COVID-19 reveals the need for migration reform

Marta Foresti

Friday, May 22, 2020

Reports

U.S. Metro Areas

As the capital region’s population ages, public policies need to adjust

Jaclene Begley, Leah Brooks, Brian J. McCabe, Jenny Schuetz, and Stan Veuger

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Energy Industry

DisComs post-COVID-19: Untangling the historical challenges, short-term needs, and long-term ambitions

Rahul Tongia

Friday, May 15, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Debunking myths about COVID-19 relief’s ‘unemployment insurance on steroids’

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Nicole Bateman

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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Report

Reopening the coronavirus-closed economy

James Stock

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers tape up an entrance as the MTA Subway closed overnight for cleaning and disinfecting during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Exposure on the job

Melissa S. Kearney and Luke Pardue

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Blog Posts

Tables are seen in a classroom as teacher Rhiannon Sharman makes preparations for Watlington Primary School to reopen to children on June 1, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Watlington, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

Brown Center Chalkboard

Schools need flexibility in coronavirus stabilization funds

Sarah Reber and Nora Gordon

Friday, May 22, 2020

Dana Inc. assembly technician Brandon Green wears a face mask as he works to assemble axles for automakers, as the auto industry begins reopening amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Dana plant in Toledo, Ohio,U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

FixGov

To reopen the economy safely, we need both liability protection and hazard pay

Joshua Gotbaum

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Employees inspect the production of hand sanitizers in Cormart factory as the company steps up production of hand sanitizers to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in focus

COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to reduce income loss for formal sector employees

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Experts

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Nader Kabbani

Director of Research - Brookings Doha Center

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Multimedia

A man checks his phone while waiting in a long queue to enter a wholesale market to buy a cake for Mother's Day celebrations, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Podcast Episode

The future of global development: How the pandemic is upending development finance

Homi Kharas

A Deeper Look

Thursday, May 14, 2020

A garbage dumpster is painted with 'No Job No Rent' and the anarchy symbol in Providence, Rhode Island on May 4 2020. (Photo by Samuel Rigelhaupt / Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

How does COVID-19 unemployment compare to the Great Depression?

Gary Burtless and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Locals walk at a mall as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Soweto, South Africa, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Podcast Episode

Contemplating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s economic outlook with Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone

Landry Signé

African Tech Roundup

Monday, May 4, 2020

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