Global Economy

A trader wearing protective hand gloves counts Indian currency notes at a market during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kochi, India, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Sivaram V

Future Development

Fiscal policy for COVID-19 and beyond

Rabah Arezki and Shanta Devarajan

Friday, May 29, 2020

An employee closes coffee bags at the Central Kenya Coffee Mill near Nyeri, Kenya, March 15, 2018. Picture taken March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in focus

Industries without smokestacks: Constraints to growth

John Page

Thursday, May 28, 2020

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Trucks queue as their drivers undergo health screening, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Namanga one stop border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Kenya, May 12, 2020. Picture taken May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Regional integration in Africa

Payce Madden

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Reports

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 27, 2019. Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS

Italy

Playing with fire: Italy, China, and Europe

Giovanna De Maio

May 2020

Police officers guard an empty Plaza de Armas after Peru's government deployed military personnel to block major roads, as the country rolled out a 15-day state of emergency to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lima, Peru March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Report

The socioeconomics of pandemics policy

Dennis J. Snower

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

Report

Life after coronavirus: Strengthening labor markets through active policy

Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Martín Montané, and Luca Sartorio

Monday, April 20, 2020

A child sleeps on the back of her mother as she sells fruits to customers along the streets in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, near Nepal's capital Kathmandu September 23, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY)

Report

The constraints that bind (or don’t): Integrating gender into economic constraints analyses

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, April 16, 2020

A man wearing a protective mask closes a gate of a parking lot during a quarantine following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Santiago, Chile, on April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

Report

April 2020 update to TIGER: The coronavirus collapse is upon us

Eswar Prasad and Ethan Wu

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Blog Posts

A vegetables seller waits for customers at Bara taxi rank, during a nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Soweto, South Africa, April 23,2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in focus

COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to shore up incomes for informal sector workers

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A building and a sculpture are reflected on glass in a wealthy neighborhood, during a general quarantine imposed due to a surge of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Santiago, Chile May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Future Development

Financing and debt management for emerging market economies

José Antonio Ocampo

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Frankfurt, Germany - August 3, 2017: Large sign for the Euro in front of the European Central Bank headquarters (Eurotower) in Frankfurt am Main on a clear day.

Up Front

What’s the ECB doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis?

Sage Belz, Jeffrey Cheng, David Wessel, Daniel Gros, and Angela Capolongo

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Events

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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa over the next decade

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China 2049: Economic challenges of a rising global power

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Panel Discussion | World Development Report 2020: Trading for development in the age of global value chains

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Delhi, India

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Experts

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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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

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

Global Trade

How will COVID-19 reshape America’s logistics workforce?

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, April 6, 2020

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