Indonesia's food security is getting precarious. As COVID-19 spreads, supply chains are being significantly disrupted and is slowing down Indonesia's agricultural production and distribution. Indonesia's poor are being hit hard and are seeing rising food prices, loss of income and unemployment....

Covid-19 pandemic has caused millions of Indonesian students unable to continue their learning activity in schools and rely on technology to support distance learning. However, uneven access to the internet, disparity in teacher qualifications and education quality, and the lack of ICT skills...

Restrictions to control Covid-19 spread have brought international trade and investment to a halt. Global trade is predicted to fall by 13 – 32%, while foreign direct investment (FDI) may sink even deeper by 30% and 40%. With the world headed to recession, economic recovery post COVID-19...

Die Erholung der Weltwirtschaft hat nach der Jahresmitte an Fahrt verloren. In vielen Teilen der Welt bremsten erneut zunehmende Corona-Infektionen die wirtschaftliche Aktivität, Lieferengpässe behinderten den Aufschwung der Industrieproduktion, und die chinesische Wirtschaft scheint aus dem...

Following an encouraging first half of the year, the recovery of the global economy has lost momentum. Across the globe, resurging Covid-19 infections weighed on economic activity. Supply chain disruptions prevented a further expansion of global industrial production, and the fast-moving...

This short piece discusses the results of simple regression analysis using cross country data to determine the factors that have influenced fluctuations in real output during the covid-19 pandemic period. Focus is on explaining not only output growth from 2020 to the first half of 2021, but also...

The labour force surveys (LFSs) on all Eurostat countries underwent a substantial redesign in January 2021. To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators in the Norwegian LFS, we model the impact of the redesign. We use a state-space model that takes explicit account of...

Global growth has decelerated over the course of the year under the impact of high energy prices and great uncertainty. Monetary policy, which is being tightened very quickly in view of high inflationary pressure across the board, is now also putting a drag on economic activity. Overall,...

Die Weltkonjunktur hat sich im Verlauf des Jahres unter dem Eindruck hoher Energiepreise und großer Unsicherheit deutlich abgeschwächt. Bremsend wirkt inzwischen auch die Geldpolitik, die angesichts eines auf breiter Front hohen Inflationsdrucks ausgesprochen rasch gestrafft wird. Die...

This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macro economy. The book explains how fiscal and monetary stimulus work and the roles of local governments in managing stimulus. It also presents ways to recovery and...