Maryla Maliszewska

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors simulate the potential impact of COVID-19 on gross domestic product and trade, using a standard global computable general equilibrium model, and show that the largest negative effect is experienced by domestic services affected by the pandemic.

TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to an already weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support.

TL;DR: The most severe impact of the Ebola epidemic, which began in Guinea in December 2013 and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, has been in lost human lives and suffering.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the impacts of infrastructure improvements on Belt and Road Initiative and non-Belt and Road initiative countries' trade flows, growth, and poverty and suggest policies that would help maximize gains from the Belt and road Initiative-induced trade cost declines.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss global and regional economic developments and outlook, including analysis of key challenges and opportunities currently confronting emerging and developing countries: spillovers from a slowdown in major emerging markets; the potential macroeconomic implications of the Trans-Pacific partnership; and the links between exchange rate regimes and capital controls in emerging and developed countries.