Coronavirus

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Blog Post
Tax Reforms in Developing Countries in an Era of COVID-19
Sanjeev Gupta
and
João Tovar Jalles
March 02, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has cost lives and disrupted economic activity worldwide. It has impacted government budgets globally by reducing tax receipts and increasing spending on programs to save lives and transfer income to those adversely affected by the pandemic.
CGD NOTES
Global Trends in 2021: How COVID-19 Is Transforming International Development
Mikaela Gavas
and
Samuel Pleeck
March 02, 2021
In this note, we explore some of the changes and trends in development agency strategic direction brought about by the pandemic, as well as fundamental challenges that bilateral development agencies will need to address in the years to come.
Blog Post
Supporting COVID-19 Recovery and Improving Health Outcomes: The Case for Health Taxes
Chris Lane
and
Eleni Smitham
March 01, 2021
This blog and the accompanying CGD Policy Brief are a follow-up to the 2019 “Health Taxes Save Lives” report by the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg and Lawrence Summers.

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Protecting and Transforming Social Spending through the Covid-19 Crisis
Amanda Glassman
February 23, 2021
This seminar invites the public, development agencies, IFIs and national governments to reflect on the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis to social spending, to discuss solutions to protect social spending and extend sustainable and inclusive financing during the r...
Blog Post
Who Gets a COVID-19 Vaccine and Who Pays? The Need for Economic Analysis
Tom Drake et al.
February 23, 2021
In 2020, epidemiological modelling went from relative obscurity to being central in helping governments, and the public, understand COVID-19 as it spread around the world. In 2021, with the emergence of effective COVID-19 vaccines, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) will be critical to making the be...
Blog Post
Creating Effective Research-Policy Partnerships for COVID Response and Beyond
Sarah Rose
and
Jocilyn Estes
February 19, 2021
When the COVID-19 crisis hit, policymakers the world over found themselves grappling with urgent decisions in the face of uncertainty. The pandemic had quickly turned people’s lives and livelihoods on their heads, and the data available to guide policy response was often incomplete or outdated.&nbsp...
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What Do We Really Know About COVID-19’s Impact on Essential Health Services?
Damian Walker et al.
February 18, 2021
In this blog, we describe some major global efforts that examine whether essential health services have been disrupted during the pandemic, summarize what they tell us, and highlight some of the remaining gaps in our understanding and knowledge.