{ "title": "Top 10 Blogs on COVID-19", "publication": "IMF Blog, August 13, 2020", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19", "overlayPath": "/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19/index.md", "summary": "Credit (photo: Nicolesy/iStock by Getty Images)", "sections": [ { "heading": "Overview", "content": "- Credit (photo: Nicolesy/iStock by Getty Images)\n- COVID-19\n- Top 10 Blogs on COVID-19\n- The Editors\n- August 13, 2020\n- The pandemic has altered people’s lives in both enormous and small ways. Our editors have picked the top recent blogs that dig into the details of what COVID-19 means for people: the impact on women and the young, what it means for the food supply, and how it can increase already growing inequality, to name a few.\n- COVID-19 is a stark reminder of longstanding inequities in our societies, and how policies need to pay specific attention to protect and lift the least advantaged in society." }, { "heading": "Selected blog entries (title — author)", "content": "- Unemployment in Today’s Recession Compared to the Global Financial Crisis — Ippei Shibata\n- Low Internet Access Driving Inequality — Mercedes García-Escribano\n- The COVID-19 Gender Gap — Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, Marina M. Tavares\n- Why Sustainable Food Systems are Needed in a post-COVID World — Nicoletta Batini, James Lomax, Divya Mehra\n- Digital Financial Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19 — Ulric Eriksson von Allmen, Purva Khera, Sumiko Ogawa, Ratna Sahay\n- Corruption and COVID-19 — Vitor Gaspar, Martin Mühleisen, Rhoda Weeks-Brown\n- “New Deal” for Informal Workers in Asia — Era Dabla-Norris, Changyong Rhee\n- How Pandemics Leave the Poor Even Farther Behind — Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani, Jonathan D. Ostry\n- You’ve Got Money: Mobile Payments Help People During the Pandemic — Sonja Davidovic, Delphine Prady, Herve Tourpe\n\nIMF blog page: Top 10 Blogs on COVID-19 (The Editors, August 13, 2020).\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- Unemployment in Today’s Recession Compared to the Global Financial Crisis\n- Ippei Shibata\n- Low Internet Access Driving Inequality\n- Mercedes García-Escribano\n- The COVID-19 Gender Gap\n- Kristalina Georgieva\n- Stefania Fabrizio\n- Cheng Hoon Lim\n- Marina M. Tavares\n- Why Sustainable Food Systems are Needed in a post-COVID World\n- Nicoletta Batini\n- Digital Financial Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19\n- Ulric Eriksson von Allmen\n- Purva Khera\n- Sumiko Ogawa\n- Ratna Sahay\n- Corruption and COVID-19\n- Vitor Gaspar\n- Martin Mühleisen\n- “New Deal” for Informal Workers in Asia\n- Era Dabla-Norris,\n- Changyong Rhee\n- How Pandemics Leave the Poor Even Farther Behind\n- Davide Furceri\n- Prakash Loungani\n- Jonathan D. Ostry\n- You’ve Got Money: Mobile Payments Help People During the Pandemic\n- Sonja Davidovic\n- Delphine Prady\n- Herve Tourpe\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19" } ], "bullets": [ "[Markdown version](/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19/index.md)", "[Structured JSON version](/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19/index.json)", "[Bundle manifest](/en/blogs/articles/2020/08/13/top-10-blogs-on-covid-19/bundle-manifest.json)", "Authors: The Editors", "Published: August 13, 2020", "Credit (photo: Nicolesy/iStock by Getty Images)", "COVID-19", "Top 10 Blogs on COVID-19", "The Editors", "August 13, 2020", "The pandemic has altered people’s lives in both enormous and small ways. 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