Recent Submissions

  • People’s Agenda for Pandemic Preparedness 

    Grant, Catherine; Achyut, Pranita; Akello, Grace; Alam, Elaine; Ayegboyin, Matthew; Baluku, Moses; Banerjee, Priyanka; Bhandari, Jhabindra; Bishop, Stephanie; Chery, Justin; Dabroy, Jahir; Dashe, Kaseina; Desclaux, Alice; Dias, Sonia; Dickson, Ntungire; Gewehr, Luiza; Hanson, Tommy; Kadzamira, Esme; Kamara, Foday; Kamasitha, James K.; Thipyaporn, Khempila; Kojo Abreh, Might; Kutadza, Tariro; Iyeli, Brigitte; Maidza, Sibongeni; Mbaye, Samba; Mubaira, Caroline; Isolo Mukwaya, Paul; Nagesh, Radhika; Neto, Damiana; Nuwahereza, Viola; Ana Carolina, Ogando; Omar Khayum, Hossain Mohammed; Hernàndez Ramos, Nirma; Riewpaiboon, Wachara; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Rosado, Christopher; Sams, Kelley; Shepherd, Andrew; Skinner, Caroline; Sinha, Shalini; Spray, Julie; Srisuppaphon, Donruedee; Sseviiri, Hakimu; Sow, Khoudia; Taylor, Peter; Ton, Giel; Uebari, Korfii; Viriyathorn, Shaheda; Vyas, Aditi; Zayapragassarazan, Z. (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)
    In May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency. Now that the world is in this new period of living with the coronavirus, it is an important time to gather knowledge ...
  • Pandemic Preparedness for the Real World: Why We Must Invest in Equitable, Ethical and Effective Approaches to Help Prepare for the Next Pandemic 

    IDS (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-03-08)
    The cost of the Covid-19 pandemic remains unknown. Lives directly lost to the disease continue to mount, while related health, livelihood and wellbeing impacts are still being felt, and the wider ramifications across ...
  • Covid Collective: Social Science Research for Covid-19 Action 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    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 Foreign, ...
  • Community-led Innovations and Actions in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic 

    Price, Roz (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 ...
  • Covid Collective: Social Science Research for Covid-19 Action 

    Covid Collective (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 Foreign, ...
  • Pathways to Impact in the Pandemic 

    Taylor, Joe; Quak, Evert-jan; Georgalakis, James; Clark, Louise (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-09-13)
    A Rapid Review of Covid-19-Related Research Engagement Strategies in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings.
  • Synthesis of Work by the Covid Collective 

    Bolton, Laura (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-03)
    Overview: This report looked across Covid Collective outputs and grouped findings into three sections. Section 2) Pandemic response; Section 3) Increased marginalisation; and Section 4) Emergent outcomes. Section 4 describes ...
  • Decolonising Knowledge for Development in the Covid-19 Era 

    Taylor, Peter; Tremblay, Crystal (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-03)
    This Working Paper seeks to explore current and emerging framings of decolonising knowledge for development. It does this with the intent of helping to better understand the importance of diverse voices, knowledges, and ...
  • Covid-19: Understanding the Impact of the Pandemic on Forcibly Displaced Persons 

    Lippman, Betsy; Sutton, Rebecca; Doby, Allyson; Ilkkursun, Zeynep; Kurt, Gulsah; Hameed, Shaffa; Acarturk, Ceren; Rohwerder, Brigitte (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-24)
    The Covid-19 pandemic has left no corner of the world untouched. To cite just one figure, 100 million people have been pushed into poverty, according to a recent World Bank study. The two-speed recovery from the pandemic, ...
  • 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 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, ...
  • 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, ...