On current trends, the future of global poverty reduction will be determined by Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet even during Sub-Saharan Africa’s period of high economic growth — roughly corresponding to the first...
Ukraine provides an illuminating example of a health system that has responded to a health shock in a way that both builds health system resilience and advances health system reforms. When the COVID-19...
Moldova is a lower-middle-income country with a population of approximately 2.6 million (National Bureau of Statistic, NBS). Economic growth in Moldova over the past decade was relatively strong. Gross...
Decades of strong yet volatile economic growth have helped to improve the living standards of the Moldovan population, yet Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe. Between the late 1990s...
Following a period of rapid economic growth and poverty reduction between 2000 and 2008, Ukraine’s economy suffered a series of shocks, resulting in sharp economic contractions and an economy that was...
This paper examines the short-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for inequality in developing countries. The analysis takes advantage of high-frequency phone survey data collected by the World...
The world is urbanizing, with internal migration historically an important driver. Internal migration is also widely feared as source of urban underdevelopment. In addressing Africa’s employment challenge...
The objective of this Regional Economic Memorandum (REM) is to strengthen the economic analysis available to policymakers on the challenges and opportunities for regional economic integration to support...
This background note analyzes the economic geography of the Horn of Africa using the framework of the 2009 Word Development Report. For the purpose of this report, the Horn of Africa (henceforth HoA) comprises...
The restrictions on mobility and economic activity that were put in place to mitigate the health impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic have had an unequal impact both across and within countries...
This paper combines new data from high-frequency surveys with data on the stringency of containment measures to examine the short-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on households in developing countries...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
It is long recognized that instability is inimical to economic growth. Instability produces uncertainty, amplifies risks, undercuts high-return investment, and diverts public policy towards short-term...
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms (HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This high-frequency follow-up allows for a better understanding...