Chart of the WeekThe Crisis is Not Over, Keep Spending (Wisely)
By Oya Celasun, Lone Christiansen, and Margaux MacDonald
The pandemic-induced economic crisis is set to leave deep scars. Human capital erosion from prolonged high unemployment and school closures, value destruction […]
How COVID-19 Will Increase Inequality in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
By Gabriela Cugat and Futoshi Narita
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Emerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the […]
Chart of the WeekFirms’ Environmental Performance in Times of Crisis
By Pierre Guérin, Fabio Natalucci, Felix Suntheim
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Leaders are often called upon to “rise to the challenge” […]
Emerging and Frontier Markets: Policy Tools in Times of Financial Stress
By Dimitris Drakopoulos, Rohit Goel, Fabio Natalucci, and Evan Papageorgiou
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After the unprecedented hit to […]
Pandemic Persistence Clouds Latin America and Caribbean Recovery
By Samuel Pienknagura, Jorge Roldós, and Alejandro Werner
COVID-19 has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than other parts of the world, both in […]
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Difficult Road to Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented health and economic crisis for sub-Saharan Africa. […]
Engines Not Yet in Sync: A Multispeed Recovery in Asia
The Asia-Pacific region is recovering from its worst recession in living memory. Our latest Regional Economic Outlook shows that a recovery started in the […]
Europe Needs to Maintain Strong Policy Support to Sustain the Recovery
The pandemic is exacting a heavy toll on Europe. More than 240,000 people have lost their lives. Millions have suffered the illness themselves, the […]
A Leap Forward on Cross-Border Payments
By Tobias Adrian and Kristalina Georgieva
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When paying for coffee, we swipe, tap, wave, and soon may […]
Building an Inclusive Recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia
By Jihad Azour and Joyce Wong
Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia face with COVID-19 a public health emergency unlike any […]