Recent Submissions

  • Empowered Worldviews: Assessing the Persistence of Psychosocial Intervention Effects in Zambia 

    Diwakar, Vidya; Tumusiime, Emmanuel; Eichsteller, Marta; Simbaya, Joseph; Oranga, Beryl (Institute of Development Studies, 2024-01-13)
    Evidence on the persistence of psychosocial outcomes of interventions over the medium and long term, and in the face of shocks and stressors, is limited. We examined the extent to which empowerment associated with a ...
  • Zambia Poverty Dynamics Research 

    Shepherd, Andrew; Simbaya, Joseph; Bwalya, Richard; Bond, Ginny (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-11)
    The policy agenda proposed here builds on good measures already taken by the Government of Zambia in education, social protection, debt relief and macroeconomic management, and addresses the challenges that remain in ...
  • Cambodia Poverty Dynamics and Covid-19 

    Bird, Kate; Diwakar, Vidya; Roth, Vathana; San, Sophany; Sean, Chanmony; Shepherd, Andrew; Chhom, Theavy (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    This report tracks changes in poverty in Cambodia in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, Cambodia had achieved rapid poverty reduction. However, the pandemic and related public health measures ...
  • Rwanda Covid-19 Poverty Monitor Bulletin 

    CPAN (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-01)
    This is one of a number of bulletins produced by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Focused on Rwanda, the bulletin reports on areas of concern for the poorest and potential impoverishment; ...
  • Poverty, Hunger and Jobs: Pandemic Update and Recovery Prospects 

    CPAN (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-07-10)
    The COVID-19 pandemic and intersecting crises— including climate change, conflict, debt, and the ‘triple F’ crisis (food, fuel, finance)— have reversed progress on a range of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...
  • Cambodia Covid-19 Poverty Monitor Bulletin 

    Chhom, Theavy; Sean, Chanmony; San, Sophany (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    This bulletin is one of a series produced by the Chronic poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) during the pandemic. It builds on a foundation developed by pre-pandemic qualitative research on poverty dynamics to understand the ...
  • Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty 

    Bizoza, Alfred; Lenhardt, Amanda; Shepherd, Andrew; Moonga, Arthur; Shahan, Asif; Banerjee, Bipasa; Sean, Chanmony; Hallink, Courtney; Simbaya, Joseph; Bird, Kate; Banerji, Manjistha; Eichsteller, Marta; Chen, Marty; Hassan, Mirza; Karinten, Nashipai; Rahemin, Raeesa; Isimbi, Roberte; Pramanik, Santanu; San, Sophany; Chhom, Theavy; Diwakar, Vidya; Tafere, Yisak (Institute of Development StudiesInstitute of Development Studies, 2023-07)
    The Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty sets out to investigate the highly negative effects of the Covid-19 restrictions, and most importantly, the success or otherwise of the measures pursued to mitigate those ...
  • The Pandemic, Informality and Poverty: Rethinking Economic Policy Responses to the Informal Economy 

    Chen, Martha Alter (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Informal workers, who represent over 60 per cent of all workers globally, were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic restrictions and recession. The pandemic exposed the pre-existing disadvantages that informal ...
  • Measures to Mitigate Pandemic Restrictions 

    Shepherd, Andrew (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in the global South were dominated by movement restrictions and lockdowns imposed in the global North, and not always relevant to the countries or geographical areas where they ...
  • Responding to Polycrisis in Ethiopia and Kenya 

    Tafere, Yisak; Nashipai, Karinten; Diwakar, Vidya (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    The spread of Covid-19 was layered on to various intersecting crises (‘polycrisis’), worsening people’s lives and weakening governments’ responses to the pandemic. Many responses to multiple crises focus on single hazards. ...
  • Lessons on South Africa’s Social Protection Response to Covid-19 

    Hallink, Courtney; Lenhardt, Amanda (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    South Africa stands out for its social protection response to Covid-19, especially regarding the expansion of programmes, number of beneficiaries and benefit amount. At the height of the pandemic, the government ...
  • Migrants’ Vulnerabilities in India During the Pandemic 

    Pramanik, Santanu; Banerjee, Bipasa; Shepherd, Andrew (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Migration promotes agglomeration of economic activity in more productive locations and improves employment opportunities for households in less developed regions, alleviating poverty and boosting shared prosperity through ...
  • Mitigating Learning Disruption During Covid-19: Evidence from India 

    Banerj, Manjistha; Banerjee, Bipasa; Diwakar, Vidya (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Long school closures in India during the pandemic caused significant learning disruption, with particularly adverse consequences for marginalised girls and boys. Data from large-scale representative surveys does not ...
  • Delegating Authority in Bangladesh to Manage the Covid-19 Pandemic 

    Shahan, Asif; Rahemi, Raeesa; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hassan, Mirza Masood (2023-06)
    Bangladesh, like most countries, grappled with the harsh conditions of Covid-19, with little infrastructure and set up of institutions to deal with the consequences of the pandemic. A country with a large informal ...
  • The Role of Local Resources in Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19 

    Tafere, Yisak; Shahan, Asif; Rahem, Raeesa; Diwakar, Vidya (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Governments often found it challenging to mitigate the negative socioeconomic impacts of Covid-19 for households in and near poverty. Local efforts were critical to supplement government measures and implement government ...