Evaluating and learning from the pandemic response
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the strengths and exposing the weaknesses of governments, defence, security forces and the private sector in their crisis preparedness...
Summer 2020 Economic Forecast: An even deeper recession with wider divergences
The EU economy will experience a deep recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite the swift and comprehensive policy response at both...
Urgent action needed to stop jobs crisis becoming a social crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning into a jobs crisis far worse than the 2008 crisis. Women, young people and workers on low incomes are...
Russian Economy Faces Deep Recession Amid Global Pandemic and Oil Crisis
Fueled by a COVID-19 triggered deep global recession, Russia’s 2020 GDP growth is projected to contract by 6 percent, an eleven-year low, with a...
Reaching energy and climate goals requires a sharp acceleration in clean energy innovation
Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, countries and companies around the world will be unable to fulfil their pledges to bring their...
Major Impact from COVID-19 to Thailand’s Economy, Vulnerable Households, Firms
Thailand’s economy is expected to be impacted severely by the COVID-19 pandemic, shrinking by at least 5 percent in 2020 and taking more than...
COVID-19 Accelerates Cycle of Paid Entertainment Subscriptions and Cancellations
U.S. consumers had an average of 12 paid media and entertainment subscriptions pre-COVID-19.
Eighty percent of U.S. consumers now subscribe to a paid streaming video...
Sustained Reforms Crucial for Mongolia’s Long-Term Growth
Mongolia can build a more inclusive and sustainable economy by improving macroeconomic management, strengthening human development, increasing international trade, and diversifying the economy by...
Shift in Consumer Behaviour Spotlights Growing Cybersecurity Concerns
The rapid increase in cyberattacks and pressures escalating from the abrupt step change to digital prompted by COVID-19 have shifted consumer behaviour. The findings...
Nigeria’s Economy Faces Worst Recession in Four Decades
The collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst...