COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Calling on researchers to help tackle the ongoing global education emergency

In the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools in more than 160 countries, leaving more than 1.5 billion children – and 75% of enrolled students – out of school. This has sent…

Alaka Holla, Cristóbal Cobo|
Education

Fighting fake medicine and supplies: It’s crucial in this pandemic

Even as we practice social distancing on a global scale, can we look to safety in numbers when it comes to health commodity procurement?

Tom Woods|
Health

Focus Friday: Top COVID-19 news this week

This week’s Focus Friday highlights important developments in the global community’s efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and the World Bank Group’s support to help countries.

Priyanka Ripley|
Health

Impact evaluations in the time of Covid-19, Part 1

Impact evaluations in the time of Covid-19, Part 1

Markus Goldstein, Florence Kondylis|

COVID-19 Challenges and Response: The view from Latin America and the Caribbean

In this blog series we explore how different teams around the World Bank Group are responding to the challenges ahead.

Luis Benveniste|
Health