among the bottom income deciles who were also disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Meanwhile, adverse climate change …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the decline in global oil demand and prices dealt the GCC countries a health crisis and a … from -3.7 in Qatar to an estimated -6.3 percent in Oman. The authorities responded to the pandemic with stringent health … the continuing effects of the pandemic, downside risks to the outlook are also high. In this issue of the Gulf Economic …

lackluster performance. Recent developments, including a new oil price shock, and the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic will push … the region into recession. Many countries are struggling to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic while avoiding a …

Maintaining trade flows as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in providing access to … undermine health protection, as countries lose access to essential products to fight the pandemic. Instead, governments should …

Before the outbreak of the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the world was already dealing with a learning crisis, as … evidenced by high levels of Learning Poverty. With the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), among many disruptions to …

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic will have a large negative impact on the Kenyan economy. Even before being … affected by the novel coronavirus, Kenya's economy had decelerated. The World Bank estimates that GDP growth in 2019 was about … 5.6 percent, down from 6.3 percent in 2018. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock is expected to further reduce growth in …

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … primary and secondary education." The COVID-19 pandemic now threatens to make education outcomes even worse. The pandemic has …

(Coronavirus) pandemic. The government's policy helped contain the virus and contributed to saving human lives. Today, most social … trajectory during recent years. The pandemic has also left indelible scars, especially on people and businesses that were the … rather should define what will be the new normal as the pandemic has changed in so many ways how people live, work, and …

The sanitary and economic shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought about the most significant disruption in the … effectively country-wide so as to speed up the recovery process from the dramatic effects of the pandemic. They can leverage many …