applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet … inequality creates the impression that the world is subjected to two different pandemics in terms of their impact. This paper … yet to run its course through the age distributions of the world …

Using firm-level survey data on registered private firms collected by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, this paper … compares the level of labor productivity in 22 upper-middle-income countries and 11 high-income countries for which comparable … data are available. The results show that labor productivity in the upper-middle-income countries is about 57.5 percent …

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from …

The spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …