Today, over 4 billion people around the world-more than half the global population-live in cities. By 2050, with the … urban population more than doubling its current size, nearly 7 of 10 people in the world will live in cities. Evidence from … of city size raises its productivity by 5 percent. But the coronavirus pandemic is now seriously limiting social …

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

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 …

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 …

essential food and health supplies and in limiting the negative impacts on jobs and poverty. The implementation of the World … citizens. This document builds on the World Bank Group's Trade and COVID Guidance Note on Managing Risk and Facilitating Trade …

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …