The World Economic Forum review dedicated to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy of the future, as well as to the factors that will play a key role in economic development after the pandemic. The review answers to three key questions: what economic policy should be conducted to decrease social inequality and increase social mobility? What will be the new sources of economic growth? How success could be measured?
The publication by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) studies the opportunities that digital technologies provide to businesses to help them mitigate the risks posed by the COVID-19 crisis.
Global growth is projected at — 4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated, and the recovery is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast.
The note reviews policy options to mitigate the (formal) employment impact of COVID-19, many of which are being deployed by governments.
NAFI Research Centre presents its special research project Russian Businesses and the Coronavirus about the impact of the pandemic on the Russian economy, the necessity for state support, companies’ need to reduce expenses and its effect on the staff, and affordability of lease payments.
