The International Economic Association (IEA) and the Royal Economic Association (RES) organise a Webinar Developing Nations and COVID-19 on 23 April, 2020 at 4.30 pm CET at the YouTube channel of the RES. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to hit developing nations with special force, given the low fiscal resources and poor health systems that prevail [...]

The COVID-19 epidemic has provoked a rapid and, in many cases, unprecedented policy response from government. And many economists are playing a role in designing and analysing such policies along with studying the impact that COVID-19 is having. Although there are historical parallels with some aspects of this episode, the nature of the shock is [...]