ILO has predicted that economic disruptions caused by the pandemic have the potential to render the already vulnerable informal workers into deeper levels of poverty and deprivation. Despite this, there has been little to no urgency by state actors to extend protection and security to these...

Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...

COVID-19 vaccines were released en masse globally in 2021. Policy makers regarded vaccines as important in dealing with the global coronavirus pandemic. Using available epidemiological evidence on the effectiveness of vaccines in reducing mortality and morbidity, we estimate the economic...

While there is consensus on the need to raise the time spent in the market by European women, it is not clear how these goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that are widely debated in policy circles. The paper...