Covid Collective
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Supported by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Covid Collective is based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). The Collective brings together the expertise of, UK and Southern based research partner organisations and offers a rapid social science research response to inform decision-making on some of the most pressing Covid-19 related development challenges.
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Recent Submissions
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Managing Multiple Crises: Lessons from Covid-19
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-11-17)The World is facing numerous, overlapping crises with the war in Ukraine exacerbating a global cost-of-living crisis, coupled with the lingering effects of Covid-19 and ongoing climate change impacts. After nearly three ... -
Community-led Innovations and Actions in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-09-26)Community engagement and community-led approaches have been considered a fundamental component of past pandemics, such as Ebola, and the same has been observed in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for ... -
Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Digital Empowerment in the Global South
(Southern Voice, 2022-09)There is a global shift towards digitalisation that is driving technical, social, and organisational changes (Nordic Co-operation, 2020; Sorama, 2018). As such, having the capacity to leverage digital technology has ... -
The Role of Digital Education in Future Shocks: Priorities from the Global South
(Southern Voice, 2022-09)Would students be able to afford losing school time again because of a new external shock like a climate change crisis or another pandemic? Given current circumstances and without affecting their education gains, the short ... -
Voices From the Margins Building Evidence for Inclusive Policy Responses to Covid 19 in Bangladesh
(Centre for Peace and Justice, 2021-06)The Covid-19 pandemic is not only posing grave health risks, but is also proving to be a global humanitarian crisis, the effects of which are expected to run deep and last long. However, it is fair to say that we are all ... -
Combined Survey Completion Report on Survey Implementation Process: Voices from the Margins and Inclusive Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
(Centre for Peace and Justice 2022, 2022-03)The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), Brac University is currently implementing a research project to create an information data-loop to inform and influence public policies and state responses on COVID-19 related relief, ... -
Knowledge Production at a Time of Pandemic - Navigating Between Syria and the UK
(Manchester University Press, 2022)Mindful of divisive labels in constructions of the 'Middle East and North Africa' (MENA) and of 'Europe', the editors and contributors of Knowledge production in higher education reflexively immerse themselves into an ... -
The Political Economy of the Landscape of Trade Unions in Bangladesh: The Case of RMG Sector
(BRAC Institute of Governance & Development, 2022)The paper explores the political economy landscape of trade unionism in Bangladesh. The focus is on the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector, where trade unions (TU) are highly salient and relatively more operational because ... -
Pulling the Pieces Together: Health and community actors as levers of local response in Taiz and Hadhramaut, Yemen
(PeaceRep, 2022-05-26)This study builds on our collaboration with Yemen Policy Center and their earlier study of state community relations and the enforcement of Covid-19 measures by security officials in Taiz during early stages of the ... -
Peace and Conflict-Covid-19 Nexus in Yemen – a Consultation with Experts: The Impact on Women’s Inclusion in the Peace Process in Yemen
(PeaceRep, 2022)This report is the third in a series that has examined the connections between Covid-19 and the conflict in Yemen in considering prospects of broader inclusion, i.e. women, when rethinking the peace process. The first ... -
Covid Collective: Social Science Research for Covid-19 Action
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022)In early 2020, the world became aware of a new global threat. Covid-19 spread rapidly, upending the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. With support from the Research and Evidence Division of the UK’s ... -
Pathways to Impact in the Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-09-13)A Rapid Review of Covid-19-Related Research Engagement Strategies in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings. -
The Targeting Dynamics of Brac's Reintegration Program for Returnee Migrants: A Process Documentation Research
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2022-03)It is the findings report of Process Documentation Research (PDR), seeking to understand the Targeting Mechanism of BRAC's migration project, entitled 'Socio-Economic Reintergration of Returnee Migrant Workers of Bangladesh.' ... -
COVID-19 vs. UPG: Evidence From the 2007 Cohort in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-03-24)The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching economic consequences beyond the spread of the disease itself, leading to a huge increase in poverty around the world. While most people have been affected by the disruption ... -
Poverty and Wellbeing Before and During Covid-19 in Cambodia: an Assessment of Trends and Correlates
(Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, 2022-04)This study investigates factors affecting welfare prior to and during Covid-19. It employs analysis of the Cambodia Living Standards Measurement—Plus Survey 2019/20 data, alongside five rounds of the Covid-19 High ... -
Leaving No One Behind in Digital Delivery of Public Services: The Case of Online Business Registration in Tanzania
(Southern Voice, 2022-06)This study uses the case of online business registration to provide insights into how increased digitalisation in service delivery has impacted women in Tanzania. It analyses the use of ORS, the online registration ... -
Digitalisation of Secondary School Education in Delhi During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Does Gender Factor in?
(Southern Voice, 2022-06)This study presents a qualitative analysis of the public provision of secondary education in India and how it was transformed by the use of digital technologies during the COVID-19 crisis. We question whether this shift ... -
Gender Gaps in Peru: The Effects of Rapid Digitalisation on Tertiary-level Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Southern Voice, 2022-06)In Peru, the transition of public education from in-person schooling to online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for students, teachers, and state officials. This study explores the difficulties ... -
Zimbabwe Covid-19 Poverty Monitor
(Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, 2022-05)By early 2022 the lockdown in Zimbabwe eased as the threat of Covid-19 declined, with the situation returning to a ‘new normal’. This brought improved well-being for many. The impact of the lockdowns on people’s access ... -
India Covid-19 Poverty Monitor
(Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, 2022-01)The Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown and containment measures triggered widespread economic insecurity across India. More than 80% of the households in the Delhi National Capital Region [NCR] suffered some ...
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