access by country and income groupings. Globally, one of every five jobs can be performed from home. The ability to telework …

trading partners from the beginning of the pandemic to June 2020. Regression results based on a sector-level gravity model … remote work contracted less throughout the pandemic. Importantly, participation in global value chains increased traders …

beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in response to the health crisis on …

The COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools around the world, forcing school systems and students to quickly attempt …

initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more … pandemic, the global export supply of food could decrease between 6 and 20 percent and global prices increase between 2 and 6 …

The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non … over the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis relies on high-frequency proxies, such as daily electricity … consumption, nitrogen dioxide emission, and mobility records, to trace the economic disruptions caused by the pandemic, and …

pandemic and provides evidence on the effects of different reopening trajectories and their timing and speed on economic … compared with the countries that rushed into lifting the restrictive measures before the pandemic was under control. Postponing … lifting the restrictions until after the pandemic's peak was reached has a positive impact on economic activity. Governance …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward … pandemic, while using credit to remain alive until the crisis subdues. Fourth, the existing legal and regulatory infrastructure … is ill-equipped to deal with an exogenous systemic shock such as this pandemic. Financial sector policies can help …

pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … June 2020, the pandemic (and the observed private and policy responses) has generated at least 68 million additional …