This paper examines the impacts of fiscal policies on income distribution based on two alternative social welfare functions and takes…

This brief uses cellphone data to assess the effect of COVID-19 community quarantines, or lockdowns, on urban mobility in the…

The working paper examines how government take, which is the ratio of fiscal resource revenue to resource output, is an important…

This paper analyzes data from cellphone-based origin-destination flows to assess the effect of community quarantines on urban mobility…

The pandemic has impacted migrant workers and raised challenges for policy makers through declining demand, shifting travel and…

This study investigates the dynamic impact of social distancing policy on COVID-19 infection control, mobility of people, and…

An increase in US interest rates driven by demand shocks engenders a positive spillover to economic activity in the near term.

This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from the ADB–Asian Think Tank Development Forum, which was held in November…

This study examines the economic impacts of COVID-19-related school closures in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels along with…

This paper examines tax revenue mobilization in developing Asia before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and in 2020.