The Roscongress Foundation has compiled a news digest entitled ‘Global sport in the COVID-19 pandemic’, which covers 11–13 May.

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 analytical digest, compiled by Roscongress Foundation experts, examines the interim results of efforts to mitigate the negative economic consequences of the pandemic, as well as the ability of countries to overcome the crisis.