Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented health and economic crisis for sub-Saharan Africa. In our latest Regional Economic Outlook, we project -3 percent growth in sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP in 2020, representing the worst outcome on record f...

School closures and remote learning have propelled children’s ability to learn independently to the forefront of every busy and stressed out parent’s wish list. These innovative strategies emerged out of necessity but are likely to prove beneficial a...

A discussion on the 2020 Wells Fargo Retirement Study with Nate Miles, Head of Retirement at Wells Fargo Asset Management. Nate: Not surprisingly, we found that those impacted by COVID-19 are more pessimistic about their life in retirement, with many...

Today, the Global Economy and Development program launched the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD). In this post, Brookings experts housed in the newly launched center explain the key priorities and issue areas that the center will undertake. At...

The pandemic is exacting a heavy toll on Europe. A large share of the fiscal packages was used for job retention programs and liquidity support for firms. Policymakers need to do whatever it takes to contain the pandemic and its economic damage, and...

BPP’s portfolio contains operating power projects—both thermal and renewable power plants—totaling 2.8GWe, located in Thailand, Laos, China, and Vietnam. Those assets have good track records of resilient performances and cashflows, secured by long-te...