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Retail food prices at purchasing power parity exchange rates: A first look at aggregate ICP 2017 data

The International Comparison Program (ICP) released its 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates on May 19th 2020, enabling governments and others to compare the real level of economic…

Yan Bai, William A. Masters|

When and how to safely reopen the economy: How better data can help

The World Bank, in collaboration with the government of Colombia, is developing a prototype dashboard that helps policy makers on a near real-time basis monitor the interplay of virus spread,…

Jeremy Veillard, Adalsteinn Brown, Santiago De la Cadena Becerra|
Health

TFSCB’s rapid support to help countries respond to the COVID-19 outbreak

In the beginning of March, when countries outside the East Asia region were still in the early stages of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building (…

Sun Hwa Song, Masako Hiraga|

Crude oil: Excess capacity

Crude oil prices have plummeted since the start of the year, dropping 65% between January and April. Brent crude oil prices averaged $23/bbl in April, a multi-decade low...

Peter Nagle|

Tracking the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) from space

Lockdowns implemented to reduce transmission of the novel coronavirus have brought economic activity to a grinding halt in most parts of the world. There is an urgent need for policies that…

Javier E. Baez, Varun Kshirsagar, Emmanuel Skoufias|