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COVID-19: Research for a Resilient Recovery

Photo with quote of Çağlar Özden, lead economist in the World Bank’s Development Research Group

Who on Earth Can Work from Home? A global comparison sheds light on the importance of ICT infrastructure

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to inflict severe pain in labor markets across the globe, and policy makers will need to target support to workers who are hit hardest. To inform such efforts, a recent working paper Who on Earth Can Work from Home presents an estimate of jobs that can be done from home across the globe.

Photo with quote of Achim D. Schmillen, World Bank Senior Economist

Tackling the impact of job displacement through public policies

The rise in joblessness due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be extraordinarily steep, with significant economic, social and psychological consequences. While this presents a serious challenge, careful public policy responses can help mitigate the costs of job displacements and support workers in finding reemployment.

Chief economists Laurence Boone, OECD; Gita Gopinath, IMF; and Carmen Reinhart, World Bank Group discussed the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19

Chief Economists Panel: Addressing inequality and poverty under COVID-19

The chief economists Laurence Boone, OECD; Gita Gopinath, IMF; and Carmen Reinhart, World Bank Group discussed the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 crisis on income inequality and poverty, calling for coordinated action by the international community.

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020

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Women, Business and the Law 2021
Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. This edition makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women’s economic empowerment. Prepared during a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, findings on government responses to COVID-19 and pilot research related to childcare and women’s access to justice.
Asset Recovery Handbook : A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition
Designed as a how-to manual, the handbook guides practitioners as they grapple with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering assets that have been stolen by corrupt leaders and hidden abroad.
Going Viral : COVID-19 and the Accelerated Transformation of Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean
This book focuses on three important pre-pandemic trends observed in the region—namely, premature deindustrialization, servicification of the economy, and task automation—that were significantly changing the labor market landscape in the region and that have been accelerated by the crisis.
The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia
The Innovation Imperative in Developing East Asia aims to deepen understanding of the role of innovation in future development. The report examines the state of innovation in the region and analyzes the main constraints that firms and countries face to innovating.
Food Systems in Africa : Rethinking the Role of Markets
Food for cities in Africa is changing under the triple effect of growth demography, urbanization and transformations in agricultural production and trade. These changes create risks: African cities increasingly face the challenges of undernutrition and malnutrition. But they also generate new opportunities: the economy food is the continent’s main source of employment and will remain so in the near future, both to ensure agricultural production, agro-food processing and product distribution.
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021: The Potential to Scale
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.