Global Economy

A worker is seen at a production line within the Shona Textiles Export Processing Zone (EPZ) as they make protective face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as a measure to stem the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athi River near Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

How the AfCFTA will improve access to ‘essential products’ and bolster Africa’s resilience to respond to future pandemics

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Mannequins wearing protective masks are pictured during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Hard times require good economics: The economic impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans

Linda Van Gelder, Gallina A. Vincelette, Marc Tobias Schiffbauer, and Edith Kikoni

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

An employee prepares a take away order at a fast food restaurant as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affects local business in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S., April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Our employment system has failed low-wage workers. How can we rebuild?

Martina Hund-Mejean and Marcela Escobari

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

In logistics center of Suning Commerce Group, workers are busy packaging, arranging and labelling, well-preparing for shipment, Nanjing city, eastern-central China's Jiangsu province, April 9, 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Leveraging e-commerce in the fight against COVID-19

Christoph Ungerer and Alberto Portugal

Monday, April 27, 2020

In the midst of the health crisis of the coronavirus covid 19 epidemic, home-based work (teleworking) has become almost obligatory for employees in the service sector. A woman works on a computer with two telephones (smartphone) in the living room of her apartment. Library full of books in the background. Paris, March 16, 2020. En pleine crise sanitaire d epidemie de coronavirus covid 19, le travail a domicile (teletravail) est devenu presque obligatoire pour les salaries du secteur tertiaire. Une femme travaille sur un ordinateur avec deux telephones (smartphone) dans le salon de son appartement. Bibliotheque pleine de livres en arriere plan. Paris, le 16 mars 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Can public policy incentivize staying at home during COVID-19?

Apurva Sanghi and Michael Lokshin

Thursday, April 23, 2020

People ride past a graffiti on a road depicting the coronavirus, as an attempt to raise awareness about the importance of staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Global solutions to global ‘bads’: 2 practical proposals to help developing countries deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Workers are seen outside a train on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kimuka, Kenya October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

China and Africa’s debt: Yes to relief, no to blanket forgiveness

Monday, April 20, 2020

A general view shows a street closed to the public by the local government near Zocalo Square after Mexico's government declared a health emergency and issued stricter rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A policy framework for mitigating the economic impact of COVID-19

Ivailo Izvorski, Sandeep Mahajan, Lalita Moorty, and Gallina A. Vincelette

Monday, April 20, 2020

Streets lie deserted in the early afternoon during shelter in place orders to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an aerial photograph in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base

City leadership on sustainable development in the era of COVID-19

Anthony F. Pipa

Monday, April 20, 2020

Europe and the existential challenge of post-COVID recovery

Douglas A. Rediker and Giovanna De Maio

Monday, April 20, 2020