COVID-19

Mortality among infants significant increased during the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in India, not because infants were infected, but because the pandemic disrupted healthcare access, worsened economic conditions, and discouraged mothers from ...

Rwandan industrial policy, which licensed and supported textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, successfully reduced mask prices, increased mask uptake, and slowed the spread of COVID-19. The intervention ave...

Research on Ghana found that providing low-income adults with small, regular mobile communication credits significantly reduced mental distress and domestic violence during COVID-19.

Bank credit can support firms during recessions in contexts where banks are sufficiently capitalised to lend. However, whether bank lending amplifies or mitigates a downturn – depends not only on banks’ fundamentals, but also on changes to their risk...

Using detailed data from a major call centre in Turkey, we find that a permanent shift to fully remote work boosts recruitment and productivity without harming service quality. Not only did this increase the share of female and small-town workers, bu...

Official records may have painted an overly bleak picture of vaccination progress in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. New research suggests that LMICs may have progressed faster than expected.

Access to 3G broadband internet in Indonesia reduced COVID-19 cases by approximately 45%, a relatively large impact compared to the effectiveness of other non-pharmaceutical interventions. Areas with higher literacy rates and a greater ability to tel...

How can governments in developing countries best ensure widespread and effective social protection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?

How can we best protect the most vulnerable in the developing world during the COVID-19 pandemic?