applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet …, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing … countries represent 85 percent of the global population, but only 21 percent of the pandemic's death toll. This unusual …

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … 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 …

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 …

COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 to analyze the effect of the electoral cycle on the size and composition of the social … sooner the next election date—the larger is the share of the social protection pandemic budget allocated to social assistance …

disproportionate mortality among the working-age population, resulting in far more mortality for parents of young children than other … health crises. This paper combines data on the age distribution of current and projected mortality from Ebola with the … fertility distribution of adults in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, to estimate the likely impact of the epidemic on the …

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from … the pandemic as it continues to unfold. Estimating the economic impacts of a prevailing pandemic is fraught with … a span of three months, the pandemic has resulted in a 63 percent reduction in demand for hotels, while increasing …