The Office of the ECA Chief Economist regularly monitors research that is either directly related to the region's socio-economic challenges or addresses broader issues. This research, which is of interest to the wider academic community, is shared via relevant World Bank and external blog platforms.
DECEMBER 7, 2021 |This study examines the process of reallocation in 23 countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) to understand the relationship between firms' pre-COVID-19 labor productivity and their performance during the pandemic.
DECEMBER 22, 2020 |In our recent paper we provide evidence on the effects of different reopening trajectories, their timing, and speed of reopening on economic activity, using high-frequency data on electricity consumption.
AUGUST 21, 2020 | The spread of COVID-19 represents an unpresented global shock, with the disease itself and mitigation efforts—such as social distancing measures and partial and national lockdown measures—having a significant impact on the economy.
JULY 9, 2020 | This column analyses high-frequency proxies of economic activity and suggests that lockdowns led to a decline of about 10% in economic activity across Europe and Central Asia.
September 27, 2019 | This column argues that a more feasible policy is to let citizens in host countries rent out their right-to-work for a period, financed by foreigners purchasing time-bound work permits.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST
The Office of the Chief Economist provides guidance on strategic priorities and technical quality of economic analysis in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region.
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
