Covid Collective - Social development and inclusion: Recent submissions
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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, ... -
The Impact of Covid-19 Response Policies on Vulnerable Migrant Workers and Victims of Trafficking in Cambodia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-06-27)To date, the Government of Cambodia has issued at least 2,216 policies in response to Covid-19. These have largely been directed at limiting the spread of the Covid-19 within Cambodia, with clear attempts to mitigate the ... -
Ethnography of Community Governance: A Case of COVID-19 Response of an Urban Slum in Bangladesh
(Oxford University Press, 2022-03-17)Although COVID-19 cases and deaths in different clusters of Bangladesh were increasing rapidly for most of the year 2020, surprisingly very few cases were reported in the urban slums, identified as the potential hotspots ... -
Slums During COVID-19: Exploring the Unlocked Paradoxes
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-04-13)The study took an ethnographic approach, which relied on researchers participating in the study setting, to document the patterns of social interaction and the perspectives of participants and to understand the findings ... -
How Did Covid-19 Affect Food and Nutrition Security of Migrant Workers in Northern Vietnam?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-06-21)This study explored how measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Vietnam affected the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of internal migrant workers. While Vietnam has made impressive progress ... -
Migrating Perils: Covid-19 Restrictions Disparage Cambodian Migrant Workers, Blurring Legal Status Amid Thai Border Closures
(Analyzing Development Issues Centre, 2022-04)Cambodian migrant workers continue to face challenges as many live in rural areas with high poverty rates, insufficient job opportunities, low crop yields, and high levels of household indebtedness. These push factors force ... -
Exploring the Nexus of Covid-19, Precarious Migration and Child Labour on the Cambodian-Thai Border
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-06)This report shares findings from qualitative research on the impacts of Covid-19 on Cambodian migrant workers in four sites along the Cambodia-Thai border. Government restrictions in Thailand and the border closure in ... -
The Impact of Covid-19 Response Policies on Select Vulnerable Groups in Vietnam
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-05)Despite the significant impact of the pandemic’s fourth wave, Vietnam’s overall strategy was seen as well planned with one of the lowest infection rates globally in 2020–2021. In June 2019, an estimated 540,000 Vietnamese ... -
The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Myanmar
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-04-21)In Myanmar, almost one in ten children are engaged in child labour and more than half of the working children are doing hazardous work. The Covid-19 pandemic and responses to it have far-reaching social and economic ... -
Cambodia’s Covid-19 Response and Migrant Workers
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-04)As in many Southeast Asian countries, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and policies to limit its spread greatly disrupted Cambodia’s economy. Workers in Cambodia overwhelmingly operate in the informal sector and remittances ... -
Livelihood Transitions of Women Workers During COVID-19: The Case of Domestic Workers in Dhaka
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-11-15)COVID-19 posed an impossible trade-off between lives and livelihoods across the world, especially for economically vulnerable people with limited or no fallback option. According to the International Labour Organization ... -
Disability, a Priority Area for Health Research in South Africa: an Analysis of the Burden of Disease Study 2017
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-10-25)Purpose: Disabilities are increasing globally, which is attributed to the overall ageing of populations in affluent countries. This trend may differ in low and middle-income countries. This paper assesses the change over ... -
Livelihood Transitions and Coping With Shocks: Women in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Sector Coping With COVID-19
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2022-01-03)One of the challenges that have been posed by COVID-19 is the trade-off between lives and livelihoods. The Financial Times once wrote about it as a macro-level issue in an article headed “The Covid-19 conundrum: lives ... -
Livelihood Transitions of Women Workers During COVID-19: The Case of Domestic Workers in Dhaka
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-12-12)The paper draws on primary research into the conditions of domestic workers in Bangladesh and how they coped with the shocks and disruptions associated with COVID-19. We can see our research as a lens to view the lives and ... -
Voices From The Margins Building Evidence For Inclusive Policy Responses To Covid-19 In Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022)Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) conducted a three round panel survey in order to draw empirical evidence from the marginalised community on their experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic. The household panel surveys focused ... -
Literature Review to Support a Survey to Understand the Socio-economic, Wellbeing and Human Rights Related Experiences of People with Disabilities During Covid-19 Lockdown in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-02)COVID-19 pandemic and associated national responses have had ramifications for societies around the world, including South Africa. The marginalisation of people with disabilities is well documented in pre-COVID times, and ...