Global Economy

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

An employee of Kenyan railway cooperation sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the main railway station in Nairobi, Kenya, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Coronavirus: Amid the global pandemic, lessons for Africa

Yvonne Mburu and Yap Boum II

Friday, March 20, 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

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 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

COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable

Morgan D. Bazilian and Samantha Gross

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Staff at a local spinning mill work to produce n to meet the demand of overseas customers, Jimo district, Qingdao city, east China's Shandong province, 5 March 2020. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Asia’s economic transformation: Lessons for Africa

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Binary code displayed over a map of the world

Data and the transformation of international trade

Joshua P. Meltzer

Friday, March 6, 2020

A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station in London, Britain, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

What are the possible economic effects of COVID-19 on the world economy? Warwick McKibbin’s scenarios

Warwick J. McKibbin

Friday, March 6, 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