In a Bloomberg piece, Dr. Kate Orkin discusses policy options for countries during the pandemic and how many arguments against cash transfers are not supported by rigorous evidence.
What should the private sector do to help strengthen economic recovery? How can financing be more effective during the pandemic? A Q&A with Stefan Dercon and IFC Insights discusses how lessons from the Ebola epidemic can inform the private sector’s response to COVID-19.
In a New York Times opinion piece, Stefan Dercon encourages governments to break away from medieval reactive approaches and to prepare for disasters using data, highlighting achievements that would not have been possible ten years ago.
Dr. Johannes Haushofer and Dr. Kate Orkin discuss UBI and cash transfers at the most recent Behavioural Exchange conference.