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COVID-19 Research


COVID-19 has devastated lives and livelihoods. According to Decerf et al. (2024), the estimates of well-being loss for the average global citizen include a loss of almost three weeks of life, an additional two and half weeks spent in poverty in 2020 and 2021, and the possibility of an additional month of life in poverty in the future due to school closures. To provide insight into the costs, consequences, and policy responses to the crisis, this page highlights research on COVID-19 produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group.


Topics

Health and Education | Poverty and Social Safety Nets | Labor Markets and Migration | Macroeconomics and Finance | Private Sector Development | Other Topics
 

Last Updated December 2024
Health and Education

Kathleen Beegle, Gabriel Demombynes, Damien de Walque, Paul Gubbins, Jeremy Veillard, Policy Research Working Paper 10750, April 2024


Benoit Decerf, Jed Friedman, Arthur Mendes, Steven Pennings, Nishant Yonzan, Policy Research Working Paper 10728, March 2024 


Igor Asanov, Anastasiya-Mariya Asanov (Noha), Thomas ?stebro, Guido Buenstorf, Bruno Cr¨¦pon, Francisco Pablo Flores, David McKenzie, Mona Mensmann, and Mathis Schulte, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), September 2023 |

Maliki Achmad, Graham Teskey, Anna Winoto, and Michael Woolcock, CID Faculty Working Paper Series 2023.425, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, February 2023


Ruchir Agarwal and Tristan Reed, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, December 2022 |


Gabriel Demombynes, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Paul Michael Gubbins, Beatric Piedad Urdinola, Jeremy Henri Maurice Veillard, BMJ Open, November 2022 |

Roy van der Weide, Policy Research Working Paper 10165, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2022

Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Monitoring of Essential Health Services Team, Jean Patrick Alfred, Martina Baye, Mamoutou Diabate, Helen Kiarie, Paul Mbaka, Nur Ali Mohamud, Charles Mwansambo, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Charles Nzelu, Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Tsihory Raharison, Husnia Sadat, Francis Smart, Helal Uddin, Naod Wendrad, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Mohamad Lamine Yasane, Sylvain Yuma, Petra Vergeer, Peter M. Hansen, Jed Friedman, Gil Shapira, SSRN Preprint, September 2021

Gil ShapiraDamien de WalqueJed Friedman, BMJ Open, August 2021


Mamta Murthi and Tristan ReedResearch & Policy Brief 49, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2021


Gil Shapira, Tashrik Ahmed, Salom¨¦ Henriette Paulette Drouard, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Eeshani Kandpal, Charles Nzelu, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Nur Ali Mohamud, Francis Smart, Charles Mwansambo, Martina L Baye, Mamatou Diabate, Sylvain Yuma, Munirat Ogunlayi, Rwema Jean De Dieu Rusatira, Tawab Hashemi, Petra Vergeer, Jed Friedman, Health Policy and Planning, czab064, June 2021

Tristan Reed, William Waites, David Manheim, Damien B. C. M. de Walque, Chiara Vallini, Roberta V. Gatti, Timiothy B. Hallett. Research & Policy Brief 43, World Bank, Washington, DC, February 2021


Ruchir Agarwal and Tristan Reed, Policy Research Working Paper 9632, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021


Susmita Dasgupta and David Wheeler, Policy Research Working Paper 9419, World Bank, Washington, DC, October 2020

Roberta V. Gatti, Paul Corral, Nicola Dehnen, Ritika D¡¯Souza, Juan Mejalenko, and Steven Pennings. Washington, DC: World Bank, September 2020

Igor Asanov, Francisco Flores, David McKenzie, Mona Mensmann, and Mathis Schulte, Policy Research Working Paper 9252, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020

Damien De Walque, Jed Friedman, Roberta V. Gatti, and Aaditya Mattoo, Research & Policy Brief 29, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020

Stuti Khemani, Sarang Chaudhary, and Thiago Scot, Policy Research Working Paper 9220, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020

Poverty and Social Safety Nets

Megan Lang, Julia Seither, Policy Research Working Paper 10920, November 2024

David Newhouse, Rachel Swindle, Shun Wang, Joshua D. Merfeld, Utz Pape, Kibrom Tafere, Michael Weber, Policy Research Working Paper 10916, September 2024

Kibrom A. Abay, Nishant Yonzan, Sikandra Kurdi, and Kibrom Tafere, Journal of African Economies, April 2023 |

Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, and Kibrom Tafere, Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2023 |


Kibrom A. Abay, Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, and Kibrom Tafere, Journal of Nutrition, October 2022 |

Lin Ma, Gil Shapira, Damien B. C. M. De Walque, Quy-Toan Do, Jed Friedman, and Andrei A. Levchenko, International Economic Review, August 2022 |


Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Olivier Christian Brigitte Sterck, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Benoit Decerf, Policy Research Working Paper 9673, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2021

Benoit Decerf, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, and Olivier Sterck, Policy Research Working Paper 9277, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2020

Labor Markets and Migration

S Anukriti, Carolina Herrera-Almanza, Sophie Ochmann, Policy Research Working Paper 10808, June 2024


Marianna Balampama, Damien de Walque, William H. Dow, and Rebecca H¨¦mono, Policy Research Working Paper 10572, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2023

Mauricio Ulate, Jose P. Vasquez, and Roman D. Zarate, Policy Research Working Paper 10434, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2023


Maria Jos¨¦ Urbina, Sandra V. Rozo, Andr¨¦s Moya, and Ana Mar¨ªa Ib¨¢?ez, AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2023 |

Marisol Rodr¨ªguez Chatruc and Sandra Viviana Rozo, Migration Studies, December 2022 |

Tijan L Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert, David McKenzie, Journal of African Economies, December 2022


Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Mattia Makovec, and ?a?lar ?zden, Review of International Economics, November 2022 |


Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, David Jose Jaume, Eduardo Medina-Cortina, Hernan Winkler, Policy Research Working Paper 10057, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2022


Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Mattia Makovec, and Caglar Ozden, Policy Research Working Paper 9873, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2021


Tijan L. Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert, and David J. Mckenzie, Policy Research Working Paper 9658, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2021

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Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez Parra, Caglar Ozden, Bob Rijkers, Mariana Viollaz, and Hernan Winkler, Policy Research Working Paper 9347, World Bank, Washington, DC, July 2020

Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez Parra, Caglar Ozden, and Bob Rijkers, Research & Policy Brief 34, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020

Macroeconomics and Finance


Federico Huneeus, Joseph P. Kabozki, Mauricio Larrain, Sergio L. Schmukler, Mario Vera, Policy Research Working Paper 10958, World Bank, Washington DC, October 2024


Robert Cull, Vivien Foster, Dean Jolliffe, Daniel Lederman, Davide Salvatore Mare, and Malarvizhi Veerappan, Policy Research Working Paper 10603, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2023


Chang Shen, Anna Alberini, and Govinda Timilsina, Policy Research Working Paper 10116, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2022

Gi Khan Ten, Josh Merfeld, Kibrom Tafere, David Newhouse, and Utz Pape, Policy Research Working Paper 10080, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2022

World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery
Leora Klapper
and Martin Kanz, World Bank, Washington, DC, February 2022


Francisco J. Buera, Roberto N. Fattal Jaef, P. Andres Neumeyer, Hugo Hopenhayn, and Yongseok Shin, Policy Research Working Paper 9631, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021

Facundo Abraham, Juan Jose Cortina Lorente, and Sergio L. Schmukler, Policy Research Working Paper 9394, World Bank, Washington, DC,  September 2020

Norman V. Loayza, Apurva Sanghi, Nurlina Binti Shaharuddin, and Lucie Johanna Wuester, Research & Policy Brief 38, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2020

Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Alvaro Pedraza Morales, and Claudia Ruiz, Policy Research Working Paper 9363, World Bank, Washington, DC, August 2020


Pinelopi K. Goldberg, and Tristan Reed, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Summer, 161-211, 2020


Jose Renato Haas Ornelas, Alvaro PedrazaClaudia Ruiz-Ortega, and Thiago SilvaPolicy Research Working Paper 8952, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2020 

Norman VLoayza, and Steven Michael Pennings, Research & Policy Brief 28, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2020

Private Sector Development

Cristina Constantinescu, Arti Grover, Gaurav Nayyar, Policy Research Working Paper 10949, October 2024

Thorsten Beck, Robert Cull, Davide Salvatore Mare, Patricio Valenzuela, Policy Research Working Paper 10632, December 2023


Miriam Bruhn, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Dorothe Singer, Policy Research Working Paper 10641, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2023 

Devaki Ghose and Angella Montfaucon, Policy Research Working Paper 10514, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2023 

Yewon Choi, Ana Fernandes, Arti Grover, Leonardo Iacovone, and Marcelo Olarreaga, Policy Research Working Paper 10374, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2023

Jesica Torres, Franklin Maduko, Isis Gaddis, Leonardo Iacovone, and Kathleen Beegle, World Bank Research Observer, February 2023 |


Sheng Fang, Chorching Goh, Shaomin Li, L. Colin Xu, Policy Research Working Paper 9997, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022 


Cristina Constantinescu, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Arti Grover, Stavros Poupakis, and Santiago Reyes, Policy Research Working Paper 9991, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022


Maria Bas, Ana Margarida Fernandes, and Caroline Paunov, Policy Research Working Paper 9975, World Bank, Washington, DC, March 2022


Yanina Domenella, Julian C Jamison, Abla Safir, and Bilal Husnain Zia, Policy Research Working Paper 9874, World Bank, Washington, DC, December 2021


Miriam Bruhn, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and Dorothe Singer, Policy Research Working Paper 9851, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2021

Yu Liu, Mike W. Peng, Zuobao Wei, Jian Xu, and L. Colin Xu, Policy Research Working Paper 9633, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2021

Pierre Bachas, Anne Brockmeyer, and Camille Semelet, Policy Research Working Paper 9437, World Bank, Washington, DC, October 2020

Kibrom A. Abay, Kibrom Tafere, and Andinet Woldemichael, Policy Research Working Paper 9268, World Bank, Washington, DC, June 2020

Tatiana Didier, Federico Huneeus, Mauricio Larrain, and Sergio L. Schmukler, Policy Research Working Paper 9236, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020

Other Topics


Sofia Fernando Monteiro Amaral, Lelys Ileana Dinarte Diaz, Patricio Dominguez, Santiago M. Perez-Vincent, Steffanny Romero, Policy Research Working Paper 9999, World Bank, Washington, DC, April 2022


Sheng Fang, L. Colin Xu, and Yuanyuan Yi, Policy Research Working Paper 9470, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 2020

Stuti Khemani, Research & Policy Brief 32, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020


Norman V. Loayza, Research & Policy Brief 35, World Bank, Washington, DC, May 2020