| Last Updated December 2024 |
| Health and Education |
COVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries
Kathleen Beegle, Gabriel Demombynes, Damien de Walque, Paul Gubbins, Jeremy Veillard, Policy Research Working Paper 10750, April 2024
Lives, Livelihoods, and Learning: A Global Perspective on the Well-Being Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benoit Decerf, Jed Friedman, Arthur Mendes, Steven Pennings, Nishant Yonzan, Policy Research Working Paper 10728, March 2024
System-, Teacher-, and Student-level Interventions for Improving Participation in Online Learning at Scale in High Schools
Igor Asanov, Anastasiya-Mariya Asanov (Noha), Thomas Åstebro, Guido Buenstorf, Bruno Crépon, Francisco Pablo Flores, David McKenzie, Mona Mensmann, and Mathis Schulte, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), September 2023 | Presentation
Responding Adaptively to the COVID-19 Crisis in Indonesia: Insights and Implications from an Indonesian Governance Program
Maliki Achmad, Graham Teskey, Anna Winoto, and Michael Woolcock, CID Faculty Working Paper Series 2023.425, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February 2023
Financing Vaccine Equity: Funding for Day-Zero of the Next Pandemic
Ruchir Agarwal and Tristan Reed, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, December 2022 | Working Paper version
Are COVID-19 Age-Mortality Curves for 2020 Flatter in Developing Countries? Evidence from a cross-sectional observational study of population-level official death counts and excess deaths estimates
Gabriel Demombynes, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Paul Michael Gubbins, Beatric Piedad Urdinola, Jeremy Henri Maurice Veillard, BMJ Open, November 2022 | Working Paper version
Inferring COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes from Twitter Data: An Application to the Arabic Speaking World
Roy van der Weide, Policy Research Working Paper 10165, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2022
Indirect Effects on Maternal and Child Mortality from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Disruptions in Healthcare Utilization in 18 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Monitoring of Essential Health Services Team, Jean Patrick Alfred, Martina Baye, Mamoutou Diabate, Helen Kiarie, Paul Mbaka, Nur Ali Mohamud, Charles Mwansambo, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Charles Nzelu, Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Tsihory Raharison, Husnia Sadat, Francis Smart, Helal Uddin, Naod Wendrad, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Mohamad Lamine Yasane, Sylvain Yuma, Petra Vergeer, Peter M. Hansen, Jed Friedman, Gil Shapira, SSRN Preprint, September 2021
How many infants may have died in low-income and middle-income countries in 2020 due to the economic contraction accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic?
Gil Shapira, Damien de Walque, Jed Friedman, BMJ Open, August 2021
Policy Actions to Increase the Supply of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Short Term
Mamta Murthi and Tristan Reed, Research & Policy Brief 49, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2021
Disruptions in maternal and child health service utilization during COVID-19: analysis from eight sub-Saharan African countries
Gil Shapira, Tashrik Ahmed, Salomé Henriette Paulette Drouard, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Eeshani Kandpal, Charles Nzelu, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Nur Ali Mohamud, Francis Smart, Charles Mwansambo, Martina L Baye, Mamatou Diabate, Sylvain Yuma, Munirat Ogunlayi, Rwema Jean De Dieu Rusatira, Tawab Hashemi, Petra Vergeer, Jed Friedman, Health Policy and Planning, czab064, June 2021
Five Ways that COVID-19 Diagnostics Can Save Lives : Prioritizing Uses of Tests to Maximize Cost-Effectiveness
Tristan Reed, William Waites, David Manheim, Damien B. C. M. de Walque, Chiara Vallini, Roberta V. Gatti, Timiothy B. Hallett. Research & Policy Brief 43, World Bank, Washington, DC, February 2021
How to End the COVID-19 Pandemic by March 2022
Ruchir Agarwal and Tristan Reed, Policy Research Working Paper 9632, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021
Modeling and Predicting the Spread of Covid-19: Comparative Results for the United States, the Philippines, and South Africa
Susmita Dasgupta and David Wheeler, Policy Research Working Paper 9419, World Bank, Washington, DC, October 2020
The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the Time of COVID-19
Roberta V. Gatti, Paul Corral, Nicola Dehnen, Ritika D’Souza, Juan Mejalenko, and Steven Pennings. Washington, DC: World Bank, September 2020
Remote-learning, Time-Use, and Mental Health of Ecuadorian High-School Students during the COVID-19 Quarantine
Igor Asanov, Francisco Flores, David McKenzie, Mona Mensmann, and Mathis Schulte, Policy Research Working Paper 9252, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020
How Two Tests Can Help Contain COVID-19 and Revive the Economy
Damien De Walque, Jed Friedman, Roberta V. Gatti, and Aaditya Mattoo, Research & Policy Brief 29, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020
Strengthening Public Health Systems: Policy Ideas from a Governance Perspective
Stuti Khemani, Sarang Chaudhary, and Thiago Scot, Policy Research Working Paper 9220, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020
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| Poverty and Social Safety Nets |
Building Women's Skills for Economic Inclusion and Resilience
Megan Lang, Julia Seither, Policy Research Working Paper 10920, November 2024
How Well Did Real-Time Indicators Track Household Welfare Changes in Developing Countries during the COVID-19 Crisis?
David Newhouse, Rachel Swindle, Shun Wang, Joshua D. Merfeld, Utz Pape, Kibrom Tafere, Michael Weber, Policy Research Working Paper 10916, September 2024
Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kibrom A. Abay, Nishant Yonzan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Kibrom Tafere, Journal of African Economies, April 2023 | Working Paper version
COVID-19 and Food Security in Ethiopia: Do Social Protection Programs Protect?
Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, and Kibrom Tafere, Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2023 | Working Paper version
Respondent Fatigue Reduces Dietary Diversity Scores Reported from Mobile Phone Surveys in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, and Kibrom Tafere, Journal of Nutrition, October 2022 | Working Paper version
The Intergenerational Mortality Tradeoff of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies
Lin Ma, Gil Shapira, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Quy-Toan Do, Jed Friedman, and Andrei A. Levchenko, International Economic Review, August 2022 | Working Paper version
Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Olivier Christian Brigitte Sterck, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Benoit Decerf, Policy Research Working Paper 9673, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2021
Lives and Livelihoods: Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Benoit Decerf, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Olivier Sterck, Policy Research Working Paper 9277, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2020
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| Labor Markets and Migration |
The Influence of COVID-19 on Young Women’s Labor Market Aspirations and Expectations in India
S Anukriti, Carolina Herrera-Almanza, Sophie Ochmann, Policy Research Working Paper 10808, June 2024
Influence of COVID-19 on Female Sex Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Marianna Balampama, Damien de Walque, William H. Dow, and Rebecca Hémono, Policy Research Working Paper 10572, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2023
Labor Market Effects of Global Supply Chain Disruptions
Mauricio Ulate, Jose P. Vasquez, and Roman D. Zarate, Policy Research Working Paper 10434, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2023
Least Protected, Most Affected: Impacts of Migration Regularization Programs on Pandemic Resilience
Maria José Urbina, Sandra V. Rozo, Andrés Moya, and Ana María Ibáñez, AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2023 | Working Paper version
Discrimination toward migrants during crises
Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc and Sandra Viviana Rozo, Migration Studies, December 2022 | Working Paper version
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia
Tijan L Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert, David McKenzie, Journal of African Economies, December 2022
Do Immigrants Shield the Locals? Exposure to COVID-related risks in the European Union
Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Mattia Makovec, and Çağlar Özden, Review of International Economics, November 2022 | Working Paper version
Neither by Land nor by Sea: The Rise of Electronic Remittances during COVID-19
Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, David Jose Jaume, Eduardo Medina-Cortina, Hernan Winkler, Policy Research Working Paper 10057, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2022
Occupational Hazards: Why Migrants Faced Greater Economic and Health Risks during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Mattia Makovec, and Caglar Ozden, Policy Research Working Paper 9873, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2021
How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe
Tijan L. Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert, and David J. Mckenzie, Policy Research Working Paper 9658, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2021
Who on Earth Can Work from Home?
Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez Parra, Caglar Ozden, Bob Rijkers, Mariana Viollaz, and Hernan Winkler, Policy Research Working Paper 9347, World Bank, Washington, DC, July 2020
Which Jobs Are Most Vulnerable to COVID-19? What an Analysis of the European Union Reveals
Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez Parra, Caglar Ozden, and Bob Rijkers, Research & Policy Brief 34, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020
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| Macroeconomics and Finance |
Crisis Credit, Employment Protection, Indebtedness, and Risk
Federico Huneeus, Joseph P. Kabozki, Mauricio Larrain, Sergio L. Schmukler, Mario Vera, Policy Research Working Paper 10958, World Bank, Washington DC, October 2024
Digital Payments and the COVID-19 Shock: The Role of Preexisting Conditions in Banking, Infrastructure, Human Capabilities, and Digital Regulation
Robert Cull, Vivien Foster, Dean Jolliffe, Daniel Lederman, Davide Salvatore Mare, and Malarvizhi Veerappan, Policy Research Working Paper 10603, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2023
The Impact of COVID-19 on Electricity Generation: An Empirical Investigation
Chang Shen, Anna Alberini, and Govinda Timilsina, Policy Research Working Paper 10116, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2022
How Well Can Real-Time Indicators Track the Economic Impacts of a Crisis Like COVID-19?
Gi Khan Ten, Josh Merfeld, Kibrom Tafere, David Newhouse, and Utz Pape, Policy Research Working Paper 10080, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2022
World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery
Leora Klapper and Martin Kanz, World Bank, Washington, DC, February 2022
The Economic Ripple Effects of COVID-19
Francisco J. Buera, Roberto N. Fattal Jaef, P. Andres Neumeyer, Hugo Hopenhayn, and Yongseok Shin, Policy Research Working Paper 9631, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021
Growth of Global Corporate Debt: Main Facts and Policy Challenges
Facundo Abraham, Juan Jose Cortina Lorente, and Sergio L. Schmukler, Policy Research Working Paper 9394, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2020
Recovery from the Pandemic Crisis: Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Concerns
Norman V. Loayza, Apurva Sanghi, Nurlina Binti Shaharuddin, and Lucie Johanna Wuester, Research & Policy Brief 38, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2020
Banking Sector Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis
Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Alvaro Pedraza Morales, and Claudia Ruiz, Policy Research Working Paper 9363, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2020
The Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: An Optimistic Preliminary Account
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, and Tristan Reed, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Summer, 161-211, 2020
Winners and Losers When Private Banks Distribute Government Loans: Evidence from Earmarked Credit in Brazil
Jose Renato Haas Ornelas, Alvaro Pedraza, Claudia Ruiz-Ortega, and Thiago Silva, Policy Research Working Paper 8952, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020
Macroeconomic Policy in the Time of COVID-19: A Primer for Developing Countries
Norman V. Loayza, and Steven Michael Pennings, Research & Policy Brief 28, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2020
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| Private Sector Development |
Digitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilience. Eidence from the COVID-19 Shock
Cristina Constantinescu, Arti Grover, Gaurav Nayyar, Policy Research Working Paper 10949, October 2024
Banking in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges in Volatile Times
Thorsten Beck, Robert Cull, Davide Salvatore Mare, Patricio Valenzuela, Policy Research Working Paper 10632, December 2023
Government Support and Firm Performance during COVID-19
Miriam Bruhn, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Dorothe Singer, Policy Research Working Paper 10641, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2023
Firms in Global Value Chains during Covid-19: Evidence from Indonesia
Devaki Ghose and Angella Montfaucon, Policy Research Working Paper 10514, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2023
Trade Promotion Organizations in the Pandemic World
Yewon Choi, Ana Fernandes, Arti Grover, Leonardo Iacovone, and Marcelo Olarreaga, Policy Research Working Paper 10374, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2023
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women-Led Businesses
Jesica Torres, Franklin Maduko, Isis Gaddis, Leonardo Iacovone, and Kathleen Beegle, World Bank Research Observer, February 2023 | Working Paper version
Firm Resources, Strategies, and Survival and Growth during COVID-19: Evidence from Two-Wave Global Surveys
Sheng Fang, Chorching Goh, Shaomin Li, L. Colin Xu, Policy Research Working Paper 9997, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022
Globally Engaged Firms in the COVID-19 Crisis
Cristina Constantinescu, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Arti Grover, Stavros Poupakis, and Santiago Reyes, Policy Research Working Paper 9991, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022
How Resilient Was Trade to COVID-19?
Maria Bas, Ana Margarida Fernandes, and Caroline Paunov, Policy Research Working Paper 9975, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2022
Can Business Grants Mitigate a Crisis Evidence from Youth Entrepreneurs in Kenya during COVID-19
Yanina Domenella, Julian C Jamison, Abla Safir, and Bilal Husnain Zia, Policy Research Working Paper 9874, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2021
Competition and Firm Recovery Post-COVID-19
Miriam Bruhn, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and Dorothe Singer, Policy Research Working Paper 9851, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2021
Organizational Resources, Country Institutions, and National Culture behind Firm Survival and Growth during COVID-19
Yu Liu, Mike W. Peng, Zuobao Wei, Jian Xu, and L. Colin Xu, Policy Research Working Paper 9633, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Micro Tax Data Simulations across Countries
Pierre Bachas, Anne Brockmeyer, and Camille Semelet, Policy Research Working Paper 9437, World Bank, Washington, DC, October 2020
Winners and Losers from COVID-19: Global Evidence from Google Search
Kibrom A. Abay, Kibrom Tafere, and Andinet Woldemichael, Policy Research Working Paper 9268, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2020
Financing Firms in Hibernation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, Mauricio Larrain, and Sergio L. Schmukler, Policy Research Working Paper 9236, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020
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| Other Topics |
Talk or Text? Evaluating Response Rates by Remote Survey Method during COVID-19
Sofia Fernando Monteiro Amaral, Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Patricio Dominguez, Santiago M. Perez-Vincent, Steffanny Romero, Policy Research Working Paper 9999, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022
The Interplay of Policy, Institutions, and Culture in the Time of Covid-19
Sheng Fang, L. Colin Xu, and Yuanyuan Yi, Policy Research Working Paper 9470, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2020
An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19
Stuti Khemani, Research & Policy Brief 32, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020
Costs and Trade-Offs in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Developing Country Perspective
Norman V. Loayza, Research & Policy Brief 35, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020
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