Côte d'Ivoire, the largest economy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, was hit by COVID-19, which claimed many lives. This paper estimates COVID-19 mortality costs over time using the value...
Economic growth rebounded in 2023 Q1 by 4.5 percent due to domestic demand and tourism but still trailed behind peers due to external challenges. Economic reopening and the authorities’ measures to mitigate...
Economic growth rebounded in 2023 Q1 by 4.5 percent due to domestic demand and tourism but still trailed behind peers due to external challenges. Economic reopening and the authorities’ measures to mitigate...
COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have had – and are continuing to have—a devasting impact on living standards. But most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were already struggling...
Libya is struggling to cope with a trifecta of crises, including the civil conflict, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and most recently, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Notwithstanding the...
Poland’s economic development story is one of success: since the early 1990s, the country has transitioned to a market economy, integrated into the European Union economy and global supply chains and sustained...
Kenya has experienced sustained economic growth over the past few years. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has grown at an average annual rate of 5.2 percent over the past 10 years (2007 to 2016)...
When countries in Sub-Saharan Africa confirmed the first cases of COVID-19 in March 2020, governments across the region imposed restrictions to contain the spread of the virus. These efforts often had...
The development objective of the Second Phase of the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project for Africa is to strengthen national and regional cross-sectoral capacity for collaborative...
The development objective of the Second Phase of the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project for Africa is to strengthen national and regional cross-sectoral capacity for collaborative...