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Binyamin Appelbaum: Distribution Matters

BINYAMIN APPELBAUM December 22, 2020

Since the Industrial Revolution began more than 250 years ago- the world has produced enough wealth for every one of its 8 billion people to live comfortably. Yet, over 40 percent live in poverty, with most of the wealth being held by an increasingly narrow slice of the population.

Inclusion and gender

Wenjie Chen: Real-Time Data Shows Widening Gender Gap

WENJIE CHEN December 17, 2020

Tourism, hospitality, and other contact-intensive sectors with higher shares of female workers came to a dead stop shortly after Covid-19 infections started to spread.

Labor

Ekkehard Ernst and Sabina Dewan on the Growing Precarity of Work

SABINA DEWAN, EKKEHARD ERNST December 11, 2020

The global pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs and is widening the gap between white-collar workers who can work from home and those who don’t have the skills or resources to participate in a digitally-driven economy.

Health

Ian Goldin on Data and Statistics: Signposts in the Fog

IAN GOLDIN December 3, 2020

Covid-19 has shown the important role that data and statistics play in assessing the disruptions caused by the pandemic–economic and otherwise–and implementing measures to mitigate its impact.

Health

Ulrich Volz: Pandemic is but a Prelude to Looming Climate Crisis

ULRICH VOLZ November 12, 2020

Despite long-standing warnings from scientists about the risks of a pandemic, the world was simply unprepared for this one.

Outlooks / Economic growth

Jihad Azour: Policies to Help Middle East, North Africa Emerge Stronger

Jihad Azour November 3, 2020

The Middle East and North Africa responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with swift and stringent measures to mitigate its spread and impact but continue to face an uncertain and difficult environment.

Outlooks / Health

Sub-Saharan Africa Faced with Regaining Lost Ground

Papa N’Diaye October 22, 2020

The global pandemic has put intense pressure on economies across sub-Saharan Africa.

Financial markets

Michael Kremer: Investing in Vaccines Now Would Buy Time, Save $Billions

Michael Kremer October 20, 2020

In the early 2000s, Nobel Laureate, Michael Kremer helped develop the design of advance market commitment models (AMCs).

Financial markets

Unprecedented Fiscal Response to an Unprecedented Crisis

VITOR GASPAR October 14, 2020

Seven months after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, more than 1 million people have died of the disease and trillions of dollars have been spent in an effort to contain its devastating impact on economies across the globe.

Financial markets

Global Financial Stability: Policy Support Builds Bridge to Recovery

FABIO NATALUCCI October 12, 2020

While economies across the globe continue to feel the pressures from the pandemic, the latest Global Financial Stability Report shows the extraordinary fiscal and monetary policy measures taken by governments, Central Banks and International Financial Institutions have helped pull the global economy back from the brink.

Health

Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA October 6, 2020

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people and economies across the globe, the IMF and World Bank prepare for their second round of virtual meetings since the start of the crisis.

Income inequality

Kristalina Georgieva Talks Inequality with Oxfam

KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA September 25, 2020

The pandemic is adding pressure on society's most vulnerable and could lead to a significant rise in income inequality.

Archive

Binyamin Appelbaum: Distribution Matters

Wenjie Chen: Real-Time Data Shows Widening Gender Gap

Ekkehard Ernst and Sabina Dewan on the Growing Precarity of Work

Ian Goldin on Data and Statistics: Signposts in the Fog

Ulrich Volz: Pandemic is but a Prelude to Looming Climate Crisis

Jihad Azour: Policies to Help Middle East, North Africa Emerge Stronger

Sub-Saharan Africa Faced with Regaining Lost Ground

Michael Kremer: Investing in Vaccines Now Would Buy Time, Save $Billions

Unprecedented Fiscal Response to an Unprecedented Crisis

Global Financial Stability: Policy Support Builds Bridge to Recovery

Kristalina Georgieva: The Long Ascent from the Depths of the Crisis

Kristalina Georgieva Talks Inequality with Oxfam

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