report September 27, 2021 The risks of an uneven economic recovery in an unequal world The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world’s most vulnerable populations through lost lives, health, jobs, incomes, assets, and education. The World Bank’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) help identify the main fault lines along which the pandemic’s unequal impacts are emerging in developing countries (country-level indicators produced with this data are shown in an interactive dashboard). The pandemic intensified inequalities... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 27, 2021 Supporting families supports the economy: Social nets are economic foundations “Why I won’t support spending another 3.5 trillion… There’s not a rush to do that right now. We don’t have an urgency. Don’t you think we ought to debate a little bit more, talk about it, and see what we’ve got out there?” – Senator Joe Manchin in the Wall Street Journal It is time to change the narrative around social... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 27, 2021 Aligning COVID-19 recovery efforts with the SDGs – Toolbox and principles Tony PipaThe Brookings InstitutionMia Alibegovic Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Filippo ArrasAssessorato della Difesa dell’Ambiente, Regione Autonomadella Sardegna Laura CavalliFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Gianluca CoccoAssessorato della Difesa dell’Ambiente, Regione Autonomadella Sardegna Edward Cruickshank Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Meagan DooleyThe Brookings Institution Luca FarniaFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Homi KharasThe Brookings Institution Emanuela MancaAssessorato della Difesa dell’Ambiente, Regione Autonomadella Sardegna Luisa F. MulasAssessorato della Difesa dell’Ambiente, Regione Autonomadella Sardegna Marco OnnisCentro Regionale... By Brookings Institute, External Article Brookings Institute
report September 27, 2021 How does control of the seas affect global trade and security? The vast majority of global trade today moves by sea, so control of the world’s oceans has become critical for both commerce and security. In this episode, Brookings Senior Fellow Bruce Jones joins David Dollar to discuss evolutions in sea-based trade, including the growing size of container ships, threat of modern piracy, explosion of data flows, and the transformation... By Brookings Institute, Global Trade Brookings Institute
report September 25, 2021 Africa in the news: Nigeria, climate change, and Tunisia updates COVID-19 maintains lingering economic disruption in Nigeria On Tuesday, Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Development Program reported that approximately 20 percent of workers in Nigeria lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the joint research examining the pandemic’s impact on Africa’s largest economy uncovered a staggering 33 percent unemployment rate in the fourth... By Brookings Institute, Post, Uncategorized Brookings Institute
report September 24, 2021 What’s next for poverty reduction policies in China? Earlier this year China’s government announced that it had eradicated absolute poverty, measured against a standard equivalent to $2.30 per person per day applied to rural areas. The latest Household Survey on Income, Expenditure and Living Conditions data by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, available for the year 2018, suggest that against an international poverty line of $1.90 per... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 24, 2021 A new proposal for the G-20 to strengthen the global financial safety net Become a member to read the rest of this article Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password... By Brookings Institute, Op-Ed Brookings Institute
report September 24, 2021 The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty With COVID-19’s disruptions in employment, child care, and education, it is unsurprising that child poverty substantially increased in 2020—roughly 1.2 million more children were living in poverty in 2020 when compared to 2019 (an increase from 15.7% to 17.5%). As child poverty is unequally distributed in America, so too were its increases—poverty rates grew the most among Latino children... By Brookings Institute, Post, Uncategorized Brookings Institute
report September 23, 2021 Figure of the week: Internet freedom in sub-Saharan Africa declines On September 21, Freedom House released its 2021 Freedom on the Net report, its annual survey and analysis of internet freedom around the world. This report assesses 70 countries from various regions (13 from sub-Saharan Africa) on obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights. The 2021 edition finds that, globally, internet freedom has been on... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
report September 22, 2021 What do we know about the effects of COVID-19 on girls’ return to school? At its peak in 2020, COVID-19-related school closures affected more than 1 billion learners around the world. Girls’ education advocates feared the worst: Prolonged school closures and lockdowns would harm girls’ health and well-being, not to mention the continuity of their learning. The 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa foreboded a cocktail of threats including sexual and gender-based violence,... By Brookings Institute, Post Brookings Institute
