>"David Malpass highlights what governments and the private sector can do to build on today’s encouraging trends."

"The seemingly never-ending crisis has taken a severe toll on Ukraine’s economy with severe consequences for the country’s people."

>"They could face more staff shortages, and workers and facilities could feel caught between opposing state and federal policies."

"Justin Yifu Lin & Yan Wang consider the pandemic's lessons for sustainable growth, including the role Chinese investment can play."

"It’s time for Congress to ensure that the unexpected won’t spell disaster for working families. Congress must include paid family and medical leave in the Build Back Better plan."

"Critics have long accused China of using foreign aid to advance its geopolitical goals, rather than to help the world’s poor. But recent studies suggest that Chinese development assistance is a rare example of aid that systematically and _...Read More_

"Following its underwhelming response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the damaging “Doing Business” scandal, the World Bank should focus on getting money to poor countries. Here, the Bank can distinguish itself by providing governments with _...Read More_

"Unpaid labor like childcare and eldercare is not represented in economic models, although it makes up an important part of the economy. The pandemic has exposed this shortcoming, and the task now for economists and policymakers is to _...Read More_

"The Taliban are showing their true colours. The people face a desperate struggle for basic rights – and for survival"

>"The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapse"

>"The president has encouraged some states to continue helping the long-term unemployed, but administration officials said it was time for enhanced federal aid to end."

"The deceptive financial aid system at America's colleges"

>"The abrupt loss of pandemic unemployment benefits on a broad scale could have long-term effects not only for the recipients but also for the economy."

“When Congress enacted the American Rescue Plan, it wasn’t meant to be a bailout for bankers who have gotten very wealthy during the pandemic.”

"A recent JAMA study found medical arrears are now the largest category of debt in collections, totaling over $140 billion. That's why expanding Medicaid turns out to be one of the best way to put payday lenders out of business."