Dimanche, 16 Août 2020
Mired in a prolonged conflict, facing an uncertain political climate, and beginning a tenuous peace process, Afghanistan was already in a difficult place when COVID-19 struck. Taking early action to preempt the potential consequences of the coronavirus...
Mercredi, 12 Août 2020
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung announces a basic income program designed to help residents and local businesses weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on March 24 at the provincial government building in Suwon. (Gyeonggi Province). When...
Vendredi, 31 Juin 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in global development and gender equality. The World Bank reports that the world faces its first increase in extreme poverty since 1998, with between 71 million and 100 million people set to fall...
Vendredi, 17 Juin 2020
To mitigate the social impact of the COVID-19 crisis, a significant number of countries have introduced temporary cash transfers to population groups in, or at risk of, poverty. These payments have responded to the specific needs of these vulnerable...
Lundi, 15 juin 2020
COVID-19 has had a far greater economic impact than health impact on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific. There has been extensive commentary about the likely macroeconomic effects of lockdowns and travel bans, but less attention has been given to how...
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Lundi, 8 juin 2020
Governments around the world are responding forcefully to the COVID-19 crisis with a combined fiscal and monetary response that has already reached 10% of global GDP. Yet according to the latest global assessment from the United Nations Department of...
Mercredi, 27 Mai 2020
As lockdowns in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) curtail economic activity around the world, the agricultural sector seems to be less affected than other industries, at first glance. Yet enterprises in the sector are far from immune to what is...
Jeudi, 14 Mai 2020
Ce n'est pas une bonne nouvelle pour les ménages africains, les transferts d'argent de la diaspora devraient reculer de 23% cette année, en raison de la pandémie de Covid et de ses conséquences économiques.
Mardi, 5 Mai 2020
Countries worldwide are expanding efforts to give their citizens money to cope with the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Some analysts argue that cash transfer programs are not worth their cost, but others point to evidence that the...
Jeudi, 2 Avril 2020
The lack of systematic testing for the Covid-19 virus makes nonsense of the counts of incidence, especially in the developing world. Death counts are probably more reliable, but still flawed. Nonetheless, from what we know so far, the developing world is...
