Safeguarding Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is on the front lines of climate change with extreme weather wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agricultural production. COVID-19 introduces yet another level of risk to the food ...
3 Juni 202014min
Ralph Chami: Umbilical Cord of Remittances Under Threat
The pandemic is crippling economies across the globe but for many countries, the economic shock will be magnified by the loss of remittances—money sent home by migrant and guest workers employed in fo...
29 Maj 202018min
Jonathan Ostry on How Pandemics Widen the Gap
While rich and poor are equally vulnerable to the debilitating physical effects of the coronavirus, economist Jonathan Ostry says the economic and social impact of the pandemic is much less equal. Ost...
18 Maj 202015min
Afrique subsaharienne: COVID-19, une menace pour le développement
L'Afrique subsaharienne fait face à une crise sanitaire et économique sans précédent qui menace d'inverser une grande partie des progrès de développement qu'elle a réalisés ces dernières années. Les d...
12 Maj 202012min
Sub-Saharan Africa: COVID-19 A Threat to Development
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis that threatens to reverse much of the development progress it's made in recent years. The latest Regional Economic Outlook sho...
12 Maj 202016min
الشرق الأوسط وآسيا الوسطى يواجهان عاصفة مكتملة في مواجهة جائحة كوفيد-19
لم تسلم أي منطقة من الآثار الاقتصادية الناجمة عن جائحة فيروس كورونا. ويقول جهاد أزعور إن جائحة كوفيد-19 كان لها تأثير بالغ على منطقة الشرق الأوسط وآسيا الوسطى، نظرا لارتفاع مستوى الاعتماد على النفط وا...
5 Maj 20208min
Jihad Azour: Middle East, Central Asia Face Perfect Storm Amid COVID-19
No region has been spared the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. And with the high level of oil-dependency and informality of many countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, Jihad A...
4 Maj 20208min
Epidemiologists Help Steer Economy Through COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on economies across the globe, economists are trying to figure out what the best path forward is for countries at different stages of the pandemic. Neil Ferguson a...
23 Apr 202021min
