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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Understanding Community-led and Collaborative Responses to Covid-19 in Nairobi
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-06)Grassroots and civil society groups in Nairobi significantly contributed to raising awareness about Covid-19 by using several creative strategies that can usefully complement official risk communication strategies. ... -
Covid-19 Response in Nairobi: A Political Settlements Approach
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-06)This paper analyses the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Nairobi, including measures to treat, prevent and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. It also explores the dynamics among policy actors or the “Covid policy ... -
Access to Covid-19 Vaccines and Concerns of Returnee Migrant Workers in Lao PDR During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-07-07)In Lao PDR (Lao People’s Democratic Republic), out-migration, often to neighbouring Thailand, is an important livelihood pathway for workers. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, had a significant impact on these international ... -
Mass Tree Planting: Prospects for a Green Legacy in Ethiopia
(IIED, 2022-06)Ethiopia’s forests have been declining due to agricultural conversion, increased wood extraction for fuel and construction, and livestock over-grazing. The country has several high-profile tree-planting programmes, ... -
Participation and Exclusion in Mega Tree-planting Projects: A Case Study of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, Pakistan
(IIED, 2022-06)Large-scale tree planting programmes have become politically attractive. They are claimed to be vital in tackling climate change and to provide big social and environmental benefits. This is a study of one such ... -
Understanding the Politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A Political Settlements Approach
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-05)All three of our cities are located in Eastern Africa, Nairobi being the largest of the three, with an estimated population of 4.34 million in 2019. Kampala has an estimated 1.75 million inhabitants, while estimates ... -
Politics and Covid-19 in Kampala
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-05)As the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the globe in early 2020, the response in the Ugandan capital of Kampala was driven by Kampala City’s Covid-19 Task Force. This is the mirror image of the NTF – the official ... -
Towards a Comparative Understanding of Community-led and Collaborative Responses to Covid-19 in Kampala, Mogadishu and Nairobi
(African Cities Research Consortium, 2022-06)In this paper, we explore the Covid-19 pandemic’s evolving impacts and wide-ranging local initiatives in Mogadishu, Kampala, and Nairobi. Low-income residents often experienced Covid-19 less as a health crisis (especially ... -
“Paradox” of Korail Slum During COVID-19: Ethnography of Governance from Below
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-01-18)Overcrowding and resource constraints have made physical distancing and self-quarantining nearly impossible in the urban slums of Bangladesh during COVID-19, increasing the risk of a rapid spread of the virus. As a result, ...
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