Labour is the sole endowment of the poor and the main factor of production in all economies. Therefore, understanding whether labour is employed efficiently is key to understanding poverty at the micro level and differences in national income at the macro level. In this working paper, the authors use the Jobs of the World database…
G²LM|LIC COVID-19 Research Meeting: Experts Call for Targeted Local Policies and Long-Term Global Commitment
The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the world economy, and low-income countries were hit the hardest. To explore emerging policy solutions based on the newest findings on the impact of the pandemic in LICs, G²LM|LIC convened a research meeting on its COVID-19 research projects. Simone G. Schaner of the University of Southern California, Atiya Rahman of…