International Monetary Fund experts present a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Middle East and Central Asia region. The material addresses such aspects as internal economic activity in the region, ensuring the strength of health care systems, creating and maintaining social protection systems, and others.

The WTO Secretariat has prepared a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on e-commerce: experts note the growth of e-commerce and consider a number of related challenges, such as the need to bridge the digital divide both within and between countries.

The overview of the World Bank’s South Asia Economic Focus, Spring 2020 report notes that, as a result of the crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the region could suffer its sharpest economic downturn in 40 years.