The Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries Program This policy brief by “The Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries Program” presents the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on and within families. It indicates that the effects tend to be more challenging for women, especially those with children. Article
Read MoreFAO This FAO report studies the impact of the pandemic on the agricultural and food sectors in Jordan. It shows how government regulations have mitigated the negative effects of the pandemic on agriculture. Report
Read MoreEntrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues This paper projects future trajectories for Egypt with a specific emphasis on using foresighting tools while highlighting the best-case and worst-case scenarios for Egypt in the post-COVID-19 world. Journal Article
Read MorePuntland Statistics Department, Puntland State of Somalia This report aims to understand the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Somalia to inform decisionmakers and enable them to produce effective and appropriate strategies to mitigate the potential social and economic consequences of the crisis. Report
Read MoreBrookings Institution This article reports on Morocco’s experience in addressing the economic fallout from COVID-19 which illustrates many of the economic challenges that middle-income countries are facing and the fiscal limitations they confront. Article
Read MoreWorld Bank This report features an analysis by the World Bank addressing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Tunisia’s poor households. It shows that the pandemic is likely to reverse recent gains in poverty reduction. Report
Read MoreGreen Climate Fund This report addresses the needs of Palestine for an operational National Digital Climate Change Platform and a climate change portfolio of existing and new projects taking into account the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Report
Read MoreBorgen Magazine This article reports on the overarching impact of the Beirut explosion, COVID-19 response efforts, mismanagement, and negligence of Lebanon’s political class. Article
Read MoreCarnegie Endowment for International Peace This article covers how the COVID-19 pandemic has rippled across Libya’s overlapping afflictions of civil war, political divisions, economic collapse, and humanitarian suffering. Article
Read MoreUnited Nations This is a diagnostic working paper reporting on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Working Paper
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