Spring Meetings

COVID-19 is changing the way we work and spend—through digitalization, resource allocation, and impacts on skill building—with uneven impacts across people. How should policies be designed to enhance both productivity and inclusiveness?

Since the beginning of 2021, inflation has increased in advanced and emerging market economies, driven by firming demand, input shortages, and rapidly rising commodity prices. Is inflation here to stay?

To mitigate the impact from the pandemic, governments deployed spending programs and tax breaks. Though justifiable, these interventions stretched public finances making tax increases inevitable post-pandemic. How can governments raise revenue while also promoting an inclusive recovery?