Recent Submissions

  • Covid Collective Learning Report 

    Taylor, Joe; Taylor, Peter; Clark, Louise (Institute of Development Studies, 2024-03)
    This report provides an overview the Covid Collective research platform, how it was operationalised, and the learning which emerged from the three-year programme. The foundation of the Covid Collective’s theory of change ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Social Protection and Different Forms of Social Assistance 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    The Covid-19 pandemic led to widespread disruption of livelihoods and loss of income and exposed and reinforced existing inequalities (Rohwerder 2020). In response, almost all countries implemented some form of social ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Pandemic Preparedness 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    It is likely the next pandemic will come within a decade, so preparedness is of vital importance. Much has been learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and from this the world can limit pandemic risks and learn to respond ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Managing Multiple, Intersecting Crises 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    The world is facing the prospect of more frequent complex, uncertain, and harmful compound shocks, which are happening simultaneously or in rapid succession (Martinez-Diaz and Sidner 2021). Crises can come in many forms. ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Informality and the Covid-19 Pandemic 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    People living in poor and densely populated informal settlements struggled due to a lack of space, water, resources, and services, and were reliant on informal work which was severely affected by Covid-19 containment ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Decision-Making, Accountability and Empowerment 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    The unpredictable, fast-moving and high-risk decision-making environment during the Covid-19 pandemic challenged policymakers around the globe. The shortcomings of global and national collective action and ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Equity, Inclusion and Exclusion of Those Most Effected by the Pandemic 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    The Covid-19 pandemic exposed and worsened already existing inequalities, increased extreme poverty and food insecurity, led to human rights violations, and negatively affected progress towards the achievement ...
  • Covid Collective Key Issue Guide: Data, Knowledge and Information 

    Covid Collective (Institute of Development Studies, 2023)
    Co-production [of knowledge] is a sharing of power, with stakeholders and researchers working together to develop the agenda, design and implement the research, and interpret, disseminate, and implement the ...
  • 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 ...

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