The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This article provides an interim …-economic effects in terms of living standards, education, health, and gender equality, which appear to be unprecedented in depth and …, and for the institutions of international governance, given the likelihood of future pandemics and other major shocks (e …

Poverty is strongly associated with worse health across countries and within countries across individuals. However, not … all poor individuals suffer from poor health: the effects of poverty on health vary across place and time. In this review … what is known about policies that may improve the health of the poor. We focus primarily on the modern-day United States …

development affects the environment. I synthesize recent microempirical research on the environmental effects of economic … development in low- and middle-income countries. The studies that I discuss identify the causal effects of specific aspects of … economic development such as greater household purchasing power, expanded access to credit, more secure property rights …

is positively linked with better sustainable development outcomes. The association between fiscal consolidation and … growth as well as the sustainable development indicators, however, is not clear-cut. Jointly, more tax revenues and … expenditures, together with better governance help explain the association between economic growth and inclusive development. High …

developing countries in the 1970s in terms of economic theory and some international cross-section comparisons. The theory of …