By Bertrand Badré and Yves TiberghienPARIS – A sudden shock upends routine decision-making and forces leaders to take urgent action.

By Anne Case and Angus Deaton PRINCETON — Well before COVID-19 struck, there was another epidemic running rampant in the United States, killing more Americans in 2018 than the coronavirus has killed so far.

By David Cameron, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Donald P. KaberukaLONDON/MONROVIA/KIGALI — No country has been spared the impact of COVID-19. But some, the world’s most “fragile states”, face a particularly difficult set of challenges.

By Mario Pezzini, Sebastián Nieto Parra, and Juan Vázquez ZamoraPARIS — The wave of popular protests that shook Latin America in late 2019 marked a turning point not only in the politics of the countries involved, but also in terms of understanding the region’s long-term developm

By Sally Pairman and Roopa DhattTHE HAGUE/WASHINGTON, DC — As the world struggles to control COVID-19, the global health workforce is under increasing strain, and woman-centred, midwife-led care is more at risk than ever.The current crisis is stretching healthcare facilities

By Sandie Okoro and Paul Prettitore WASHINGTON, DC — Worldwide, an estimated 1.5 billion people face legal problems they cannot resolve, while 4.5 billion — particularly women, the poor, and other vulnerable people, are excluded from the protections and opportunities that th

By Joseph E. Stiglitz and Hamid RashidNEW YORK — Governments around the world are responding forcefully to the COVID-19 crisis with a combined fiscal and monetary response that has already reached 10 per cent of global GDP.

By Jacek Rostowski and Arnab Das LONDON — The Franco-German proposal for a 500 billion euro European Union (EU) recovery fund to cope with the COVID-19 crisis has been called the EU’s “Hamiltonian moment”.

By Erna Solberg and Tommy Remengesau Jr. OSLO/NGERULMUD — From Jamaica to Palau and Norway to Indonesia, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is global, and national recovery efforts must be globally focused to seize shared opportunities.