Think Tanks
 
 
Brookings [to 30 Apr 2022]
http://www.brookings.edu/
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
Latest Research
Essay
Lessons learned from support to business during COVID-19
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Ben Iverson, and Adi Sunderam
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
 
 
Essay
Lessons learned from expanded unemployment insurance during COVID-19
Peter Ganong, Fiona Greig, Pascal Noel, Daniel M. Sullivan, and Joseph Vavra
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
 
 
Essay
Lessons learned from the use of nontraditional data during COVID-19
Tomaz Cajner, Laura J. Feiveson, Christopher J. Kurz, and Stacey Tevlin
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Essay
Lessons learned from support for the state and local sector during COVID-19
Louise Sheiner
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Essay
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 policy response and child well-being
Anna Aizer and Claudia Persico
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
 
 
Center for Global Development [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://www.cgdev.org/
Research [Selected]
BRIEFS
ABCs of the IFIs: Understanding IDA20
Jocilyn Estes and Erin Collinson
April 29, 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting government balance sheets especially hard in low-income countries, the World Bank’s shareholders—including the United States—agreed to an advance replenishment of its grant and low-interest loan window, the International Development Association (IDA). By holding a …

BRIEFS
Understanding the Cost-Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Nigeria
Benjamin S.C. Uzochukwu et al.
April 28, 2022
COVID-19 has disrupted health systems across the globe. Nigeria reported its first COVID-19 case in February 2020, and, since then, the government has rolled out four vaccines to help control the pandemic—Moderna, Oxford-Astra Zeneca (AZ), Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer-BioNTech.

BRIEFS
Understanding the Cost-Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Ethiopia
Anthony McDonnell et al.
April 28, 2022
COVID-19 radically changed most people’s lives in 2020, including across Africa. In Ethiopia, the disruption started with school closing, and other restrictions soon followed. Despite these efforts to contain the virus, Ethiopia—like almost all countries—suffered significant health impacts. It has r…
 
 
Chatham House [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://www.chathamhouse.org/
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
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CSIS [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://www.csis.org/
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
Transcript
Equity in Immunization Services to Ensure “A Long Life for All”
April 29, 2022

Podcast Episode
Covid, Ukraine, and the New Geopolitical Logic
April 28, 2022 | By H. Andrew Schwartz, J. Stephen Morrison

Report
Securing Medical Supply Chains with Trusted Trade Partners
April 29, 2022 | Meredith Broadbent A new report from CSIS assesses the potential of nearshoring medical supply chains to neighbors in the Americas, using the case studies of Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

 
 
Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/search/?post_type=press-release
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
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ODI [Overseas Development Institute] [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://odi.org/en/publications/
Publications
Accessed 30 Apr 2022
[No new digest content identified]
 
 
Rand [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://www.rand.org/pubs.html
Reports, Selected Journal Articles
Report
A Risk Assessment of National Critical Functions During COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities
This report presents a framework for assessing risk that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses to the National Critical Functions, describes challenges in implementing the framework, and provides recommendations for improving it.
Apr 26, 2022
Andrew Lauland, Benjamin Lee Preston, Kristin J. Leuschner, Michelle E. Miro, Liam Regan, Scott R. Stephenson, Rachel Steratore, Aaron Strong, Jonathan W. Welburn, Jeffrey B. Wenger
 
 
Urban Institute [to 30 Apr 2022]
https://www.urban.org/publications
Research Publications
Brief
COVID-19 and the System Resilience of Public Education: A View from North Carolina
April 28, 2022