Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE): Recent submissions
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The Plight of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Amidst COVID-19: A Post-lockdown Analysis Based on Business Climate Survey
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2021-03)The COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent containment measures have had devastating effects on Uganda’s businesses resulting in the economy’s general slowdown. Despite the macro-level impacts, evidence at a micro-level, ... -
Bracing for the Second Wave
(2021-03-23)The synchronised, sudden stop in the global economy, together with radically reduced income sources fundamental to African countries (remittances, tourism, transport, trade and natural resources, among others), have had a ... -
REBUILD: COVID-19 and Women in the Informal economy in Kenya, Uganda and India
(International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 2020-12-22)The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a global socio-economic crisis with profound implications for the well-being of individuals, households and communities. It has further deepened existing social inequalities and the ... -
The Evolving Fiscal and Liquidity Stimulus Packages in Response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa
(ODI, 2020-10-20)COVID-19 is taking its toll on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To date, there have been 1.2 million infections and about 30,000 deaths on the continent. The pandemic has widely repressed mobility, disrupted economic ... -
Drivers of Disparity: How Policy Responses to COVID-19 Can Increase Inequalities
(South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), 2020-12-17)Countries across the world have deployed macroeconomic policies to address the negative economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures. However, these policies can have different outcomes ... -
Comparative Study of Policy Responses to COVID-19 in LICs in Africa
(South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), 2020-12-18)This brief assesses the policy responses to COVID-19 among low-income countries (LICs) in Africa. While LICs have adopted expansionary fiscal and monetary policies in the face of economic lockdown, as well as other mitigation ... -
Green Finance Mechanisms in Developing Countries: Emerging Practice
(South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), 2020-12-18)To counter the devastating impact of COVID-19, calls are growing for countries to ‘build back better’ in an effort to create a more inclusive and sustainable economy that is climate resilient. Africa is facing glaring ... -
The Macroeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Africa
(South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), 2020-12-18)This briefing tracks some of the major macroeconomic impacts that COVID-19 has had on African economies and how the pandemic has exacerbated historical structural economic deficiencies across the continent. It also provides ... -
La respuesta a la pandemia provocada por el covid-19 en los municipios de San Martín, Tres de Febrero, Avellaneda y Quilmes
(Colabora.Lat, 2021-05-12)El trabajo analiza los principales desafíos de gobernanza que surgieron en cuatro municipios del Conurbano bonaerense en Argentina: San Martín, Tres de Febrero, Avellaneda y Quilmes. Además, se identifican en ellos ... -
Las juventudes desprotegidas ante el COVID-19 en Guatemala
(Colabora.Lat, 2021-05-04)Guatemala se encuentra en su punto más decisivo con una mayoría de habitantes en edad productiva. A pesar de ello, la respuesta del gobierno a la emergencia covid-19 no identificó a las juventudes como grupo prioritario, ... -
Efectos de la pandemia COVID-19 en mujeres del sector informal de la economía en Bolivia
(Colabora.Lat, 2021-04-29)Bolivia hace frente a la COVID-19, en un contexto de pugnas partidarias, manejo poco planificado y débil coordinación entre los distintos niveles del Estado. Impulsando una economía extractivista en detrimento del sector ... -
Los efectos de la pandemia por covid-19 en personas migrantes y trabajadoras del hogar en México: entre la desigualdad y la descoordinación gubernamental
(Colabora.Lat, 2021-04-20)La falta de capacidades del Estado mexicano provocó la desintegración de políticas, instrumentos e iniciativas ciudadanas locales surgidas para atender la pandemia. El Estado debe responder a la crisis por la pandemia a ... -
La falta de Gobernanza de las Políticas de Respuesta al COVID-19 en Chile
(Colabora.Lat, 2021-04-15)El documento analiza el nexo político-sanitario frente a la pandemia del covid-19 en Chile. Se muestra que la pandemia puso en evidencia la falta de gobernanza del sistema político chileno, con decisiones altamente ... -
Siembra Desarrollo: una apuesta hacia una pequeña agricultura y alimentación resilientes al COVID-19
(RIMISP, 2020-10-29)El autor de este Análisis de Coyuntura, nuestro investigador Miguel Albacete, nos presenta el proyecto Siembra Desarrollo. Pequeña agricultura y alimentación resilientes al COVID-19 que surge con la ambición de contribuir ... -
Comercio internacional de alimentos durante la pandemia. Un acercamiento para promover sistemas agroalimentarios resilientes y sostenibles
(RIMISP, 2020-12-01)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, Alberto Cano, Investigador junto a Camilo Quesada y Valentina Martínez asistentes de investigación de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la globalización ha llevado a que ... -
Inseguridad alimentaria en tiempos de COVID-19: Evidencia de ocho territorios latinoamericanos
(RIMISP, 2021-03-16)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, los investigadores Alberto Cano, Miguel Albacete y el asistentes de investigación Camilo Quesada de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la pandemia del COVID-19 ha puesto ... -
Evolución del costo de los alimentos ante el COVID-19
(RIMISP, 2021-01-27)Los autores de este Análisis de Coyuntura, María José Castillo investigadora junto a Marisol Galicia y Francisco Castellanos, ambos asistentes de investigación de Rimisp, nos presentan en este estudio como la pandemia ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-01)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy: Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa
(Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), 2021-01)COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy is a WIEGO-led 12-city longitudinal study that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on specific groups of informal workers and their households. Using a survey questionnaire ... -
How Technology can be Deployed to Scale-up Social Protection During COVID-19: The Case of South Africa, Nigeria and Africa
(Research ICT Africa, 2021-01-15)This RIA policy brief examines how technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can be deployed to scale social protection programmes as well as reduce corruption in the disbursement of social protection grants, which ...