Covid Collective: Recent submissions

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    • Disability among Older People: Analysis of Data from Disability Surveys in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries 

      Prynn, Josephine; Polack, Sarah; Mactaggart, Islay; Morgon Banks, Lena; Hameed, Shaffa; Dionicio, Carlos; Neupane, Shailes; Murthy, GVS; Oye, Joseph; Naber, Jonathan; Kuper, Hannah (MDPI, 2021-06-29)
      This analysis of surveys from six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) aimed to (i) estimate the prevalence of disability among older adults and (ii) compare experiences and participation in key life areas among older ...

    • Challenges and Prospects of Youth Employment in the Post-COVID Scenario 

      Tabassum, Asma; Ahmed, Shakil; Jahan, Nusrat (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, 2021-06)
      Public health measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 have caused massive shocks to the global economy and all aspects of human lives. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting the youths, particularly in ...

    • Initiatives for the Governance of the Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout, with Special Reference to Social Inclusion 

      Bolton, Laura (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-03-23)
      This rapid review was sourced from key websites and used some keyword searching whilst making an effort to filter out news and media. As systematic searching is not possible within the scope of this review, it cannot be ...

    • The New Era of Unconditional Convergence 

      Patel, Dev; Sandefur, Justin; Subramanian, Arvind (Center for Global Development, 2021-02-03)
      The central fact that has motivated the empirics of economic growth—namely unconditional divergence—is no longer true and has not been so for decades. Across a range of data sources, poorer countries have in fact been ...

    • The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium Enterprises in Bangladesh 

      Islam, Asadul; Rahman, Atiya; Nisat, Rafia (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, 2020-12)
      Like other economic players, the novel pandemic severely hit small businesses—the larger source of growth and employment but also the most vulnerable sector—by disrupting national and international business networks, supply ...

    • Building the Resilience of the Poor through Graduation in the Post-COVID-19 Global Context 

      BRAC UPGI (BRAC UPGI, 2020-09)
      The health shocks brought on by the spread of COVID-19, coupled with the economic crisis wrought by global lockdown measures, have had an immediate and severe impact on the state of extreme poverty. The scale of the crisis ...

    • Is the World Bank’s COVID Crisis Lending Big Enough, Fast Enough? New Evidence on Loan Disbursements 

      Duggan, Julian; Morris, Scott; Sandefur, Justin; Yang, George (Center for Global Development, 2020-10-12)
      The World Bank has forecast an unprecedented global recession in 2020-21, and the reversal of a decades-long fall in global poverty, provoking an acute need for short-term financing in low- and lower-middle income countries. ...

    • The Macroeconomics of Pandemics in Developing Countries: An Application to Uganda 

      von Carnap, Tillmann; Almås, Ingvild; Bold, Tessa; Ghisolfi, Selene; Sandefur, Justin (Center for Global Development, 2020-10-20)
      How should policies to control the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic differ across countries? We extend recent contributions integrating economic and epidemiological models for the United States to a developing country context, Uganda. ...

    • Triple Jeopardy: Disabled People and the COVID-19 Pandemic 

      Shakespeare, Tom; Ndagire, Florence; Seketi, Queen E. (Elsevier, 2021-03-16)
      People with disabilities have been differentially affected by COVID-19 because of three factors: the increased risk of poor outcomes from the disease itself, reduced access to routine health care and rehabilitation, and ...

    • The Socioeconomic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Forcibly Displaced Persons 

      Rohwerder, Brigitte (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-07-19)
      Covid-19 and the response and mitigation efforts taken to contain the virus have triggered a global crisis impacting on all aspects of life. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic for forcibly displaced persons (refugees, ...

    • The Right to Protection of Forcibly Displaced Persons During the Covid-19 Pandemic 

      Rohwerder, Brigitte (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-08-06)
      The unprecedented shutdown of borders and restrictions on migration in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have put the core principles of refugee protection to test and resulted in the erosion of the right to asylum and ...

    • Are Older People with Disabilities Neglected in the COVID-19 Pandemic? 

      Kuper, Hannah; Shakespeare, Tom (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-04-21)
      Older people have been a central focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, as more than 90% of deaths in the UK have been among people aged 60 years or older. Messages around social distancing and high vulnerability will resonate ...

    • An Interactive Tracker for Ceasefires in the Time of COVID-19 

      Allison, John; Badanjak, Sanja; Bach, Benjamin; Bell, Christine; Bhattacharya, Devanjan; Knaussel, Fiona; Wise, Laura (Elsevier, 2020-12-14)
      COVID-19 poses a distinct health challenge in conflict-affected states. Conflict has been recognised as a direct threat to health and a factor that complicates responses to health crises. Reflecting these challenges, the ...

    • Local Knowledge and Participation in the Covid-19 Response 

      Lenhardt, Amanda (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05-22)
      This report explores approaches to participation in humanitarian response and evidence on the contributions of community engagement in effective response and recovery efforts.It begins with a brief overview of decolonial ...

    • Covid-19: Community Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements 

      Collyer, Michael; Mitlin, Diana; Wilson, Robert; Shahaduz, Zaman (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-04-01)
      Around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated differences that already existed. Health outcomes and the economic impacts of resulting lockdowns have not been evenly distributed and inequalities have deepened. As ...

    • Key Global Policy Dates and Engagement Opportunities for the Covid Collective 

      Bolton, Laura (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-03-23)
      Map key international and national days, events, moments relating to Covid-19 (e.g. health, socio-economic, inclusion impacts) to inform Covid Collective’s schedule of publications and activities. Mapping should include: ...

    • Intersectionality and Responses to Covid-19 

      Birchall, Jenny (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021-03-22)
      There is a small but growing body of literature that discusses the benefits, challenges and opportunities of intersectional responses to the socioeconomic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is a strong body of evidence ...

    • The Impact of Covid-19 on Research Methods and Approaches 

      Strachan, Anna Louise (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021-01-25)
      The Covid-19 pandemic, and measures to contain the spread of the virus, such as border closures, quarantine requirements, mandatory PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests, curfews, and social distancing requirements, have ...

    • Southern Research Organisations Providing Rapid Evidence-Review Services 

      Price, Roz (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2020-12-15)
      This review aims to identify Southern organisations providing rapid evidence-synthesis and response services supporting governments in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Bangladesh, Ghana, Iraq, Kenya, Malawi, ...