COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

Indermit Gill

 and 

Philip Schellekens

 - May 2021

Trackers by income

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

Trackers by region

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Blog - April 2021

COVID-19: A tale of two pandemics?

Paper - May 2020

The unreal dichotomy in mortality

Blog - May 2020

The global COVID surge

Laura Spinney in The Guardian - March 2021

Relative severity: A new indicator

Blog - March 2021

COVID-19 vs top causes of death

Interactive dashboard

COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

New estimates of excess mortality suggest this is now—and has for a long time been—a developing-country pandemic.

Indermit Gill

 and 

Philip Schellekens

 | May 2021

TRACKERS BY INCOME

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

TRACKERS BY REGION

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Asides from various practical constraints, three misconceptions stand in the way of greater vaccine equity.

Philip Schellekens

 | April 2021

COVID-19: A tale of two pandemics?

The developing country share in global fatalities could triple (to 69 percent) on the basis of demography alone.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Diego Sourrouille

 | May 2020

The unreal dichotomy in COVID-19 mortality

The gap between rich and poor countries is partly unreal; for the most part, it reflects that the full spread is as yet unrealized.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Diego Sourrouille

 | May 2020

Developing nations and the global COVID surge

The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet

Laura Spinney

in the Guardian | March 2021

Relative severity: A new indicator

An intuitive new way to show the pandemic's severity through comparisons with top causes of death people are familiar with.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Divyanshi Wadhwa

 | March 2021

COVID-19 versus top causes of death

Calculate "relative severity" for any country, region or income group through this interactive dashboard at the World Bank.

Philip Schellekens, Diego Sourrouille

 and 

Divyanshi Wadhwa

COVID-19 is a developing country pandemic

New estimates of excess mortality suggest this is now—and has for a long time been—a developing-country pandemic.

Indermit Gill

 and 

Philip Schellekens

 | May 2021

TRACKERS BY INCOME

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

TRACKERS BY REGION

Vaccination

Mortality

Severity

Infection

For greater vaccine equity, first fix these misconceptions

Asides from various practical constraints, three misconceptions stand in the way of greater vaccine equity.

Philip Schellekens

 | April 2021

COVID-19: A tale of two pandemics?

The developing country share in global fatalities could triple (to 69 percent) on the basis of demography alone.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Diego Sourrouille

 | May 2020

The unreal dichotomy in COVID-19 mortality

The gap between rich and poor countries is partly unreal; for the most part, it reflects that the full spread is as yet unrealized.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Diego Sourrouille

 | May 2020

Developing nations and the global COVID surge

The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet

Laura Spinney

in the Guardian | March 2021

Relative severity: A new indicator

An intuitive new way to show the pandemic's severity through comparisons with top causes of death people are familiar with.

Philip Schellekens

 and 

Divyanshi Wadhwa

 | Mar 2021

COVID-19 versus top causes of death

Calculate "relative severity" for any country, region or income group through this interactive dashboard at the World Bank.

Philip Schellekens, Diego Sourrouille

 and 

Divyanshi Wadhwa