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Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worstDuring the first year of the pandemic, it was wealthier countries, with their comparatively stronger health systems, civil services, legal systems and other public services, that suffered the highest rates of COVID-19...
COVID-19 Pandemic StateWorking Paper
The role of trust and of poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemicSince it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world...
COVID-19 Trust AfricaWorking Paper
Forecasting recovery from COVID-19 using financial data: An application to Viet NamWe develop a new methodology to nowcast the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and forecast its evolution in small, export-oriented countries...
COVID-19 Pandemic ForecastingWorking Paper
COVID-19 and the stateWe expect effective state institutions to matter in a country’s ability to respond to crises...
COVID-19 Pandemic StateWorking Paper
Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID-19 and state-led remedial measures in South AfricaThis paper explores the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on income poverty and inequality in South Africa...
Social protection Tax-benefit microsimulation Income distributionWorking Paper
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor: Insights from the Hrishipara diariesIn this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an unusually rich data set from a ‘financial diaries’ study known as the Hrishipara Daily Diaries Project...
COVID-19 Lockdown LivelihoodsWorking Paper
Pandemics and their impact on oil and metal pricesWe examine the effect of pandemics on selected commodity prices—in particular, those of zinc, copper, lead, and oil...
Pandemic Commodities PricesWorking Paper
The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918–20: An interpretative survey in the time of COVID-19The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20—commonly known as the Spanish flu—infected over a quarter of the world’s population and killed over 50 million people...
Spanish flu COVID-19 Pandemic
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Poverty and the pandemic in the Pacific
COVID-19 has had a far greater economic impact than health impact on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific...
COVID-19 Pandemic Global povertyWorking Paper
Trust in the time of coronaThe global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War...
COVID-19 Pandemic Survey dataBlog
How Africa can fight the pandemic
The response to Africa’s COVID-19 plight must be swift and at scale rather than too little, too late...
COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Policy and Good GovernanceBackground Note
COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of KenyaThe COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to over 180 countries, including several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 1 Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020...
COVID-19 Pandemic AfricaBackground Note
COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Asia: The case of IndiaSeveral countries have enacted lockdown measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect their health systems and reduce the number of mortalities...
COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown