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Simulations of Policy Responses and Interventions to Promote Inclusive Adaptation to and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis in Zimbabwe
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)We extend the broader macro-micro modelling literature on COVID-19 shocks by presenting new evidence regarding estimated effects of mitigation and recovery policies on macroeconomic and distributional effects in Zimbabwe. ... -
The Impact of Covid-19 on Income, Poverty and Inequality in Vietnam
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-02)The Covid-19 outbreak has had significant human and economic impacts for Vietnam, as it has for many other countries, with a large number of people having sunk down into extreme poverty. The Covid-19 pandemic slowed ... -
Simulations of Policy Responses and Interventions to Promote Inclusive Adaptation to and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis in Vietnam
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income, poverty and inequality in Vietnam. We use the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2018 in combination with the Labor Force Surveys for 2018, ... -
Social Protection Programs can Prevent People from Falling into Covid-19-induced Poverty in Ethiopia
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-02)Economic growth and development challenges in Ethiopia were further exacerbated by reduced household incomes, business closures and decreased demand for goods and services as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. While ... -
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Welfare in Ethiopia: Evidence from a Microsimulation Exercise
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)Various studies have shown the detrimental effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the world economy. We examine the pandemic’s effects on Ethiopian households’ welfare using a microsimulation exercise and data from the ... -
Public Assistance Programs Help Mitigate the Adverse Economic Effects of Covid-19 on Argentine Households
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-02)The Covid-19 pandemic caused a significant economic crisis in Argentina. GDP fell by 19% in the second quarter of 2020, while unemployment rates soared. As a result, 1.5 million people have fallen into poverty. Particularly ... -
Simulations of Policy Responses and Interventions to Promote Inclusive Adaptation to and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis in Argentina
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)This paper simulates the effects of policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on household income and employment in Argentina, using household survey data and administrative data on employment and wages by economic ... -
Free Water and Electricity Tariff Exemptions can Reduce Poverty and Promote Post-Covid-19 Recovery in Ghana
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)Over 77% of households in Ghana have suffered income losses because of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving families struggling to meet their basic needs. Low-income and vulnerable members of society have been hardest hit ... -
Simulations of Policy Responses and Interventions to Promote Inclusive Adaptation to and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis in Ghana
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)We assess the impact of COVID-19 shocks on household welfare and the effectiveness of select policies implemented to reduce their impact on welfare in Ghana. We adopt a microsimulation approach to assess the effects of ... -
Understanding the Economic Impact of Covid-19 - Kenya
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-02)The pandemic has disrupted lives and businesses around the world. Its consequences have gone far beyond the spread of the disease, as restrictions and lockdown measures have caused a collapse in global economic ... -
Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Kenya
(Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2023-01)The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious disruptions in Kenya, and growth in the country’s output slowed substantially between 2019 and 2020. We use an economy-wide analysis to assess the distribution of the pandemic’s ... -
“There Was Something Inside of Me I Needed to Let Out”: Occupied Masculinities, Emotional Expression and Rap Music in a Palestinian Refugee Camp
(SAGE, 2021-05-28)Although normative constructions of masculinity in Palestine denote emotional suppression as an idealized attribute, extreme subjugation under the grinding realities of a colonial military occupation requires that this ... -
Children’s Work in African Agriculture: The Harmful and the Harmless
(Bristol University Press, 2023-04-28)Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their family’s own small plots and some is forced and/or harmful. This book examines ... -
Negotiating Gender Roles and Power Relations Through the Management of International Migrant Remittances in a Patriarchal Community in Ghana
(SAGE, 2023-03-10)This paper draws on a feminist poststructural perspective to examine gendered dimensions of sending and managing international migrant remittances in a patriarchal community in Ghana. It relies on primary data collected ... -
The Role of Small and Medium Industries in the Heritage Identity in Iraq: A Case Study of Bashiqa Town
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-09)This paper aims to identify the most famous Yazidi heritage industries in the town of Bashiqa, in Nineveh governorate. It explores the economic, social and cultural reality of three non-material industries (the manufacture ... -
Situational Analysis: Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-10)This brief provides an overview of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, as well as contextual factors to inform considerations for responses in both countries. It was written by Hana Rohan ... -
Ensuring an Effective Social Protection Response in Conflict-Affected Settings: Findings from the Horn of Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-09)The interaction between social protection and conflict is an emerging area of study with particular relevance to the Horn of Africa, where conflict and political instability are habitual risks and where social protection ... -
Diffusion of OECD Transfer Pricing Regulations in Eastern Africa: Agency and Compliance in Governing Profit-Shifting Behaviour
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda introduced transfer pricing regulations into national law in 2006, 2011 and 2020 respectively, and invested in transfer pricing audits to reduce profit shifting by multinational enterprises (MNEs). ... -
A Whole System Approach to Childhood Obesity: How a Supportive Environment was Created in the City of Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
(Springer, 2023-04-19)Childhood obesity is a growing global challenge, and no country has yet reversed the upward trend in prevalence. The causes are multifaceted, spanning individual, societal, environmental, and political spheres. This makes ... -
Milk Markets in Agropastoral Areas of Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-03)This briefing suggests how markets in artisanal milk products may contribute to agropastoralist livelihoods in semi-arid Africa. In some of these areas, milk plays important nutritional and cultural roles, but production ...