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podcastYearender: Pakistan’s economy continues to move forward amid COVID-19
- December 11, 2020by Raheela Nazir - SDPI (Pakistan)
Pakistan’s economy is recovering, particularly in the manufacturing and construction sectors.
8FYP should embed resilient Covid-19 recovery and sustainable LDC graduation
- December 9, 2020CPD (Bangladesh)
The event put forward some recommendations based on the experience of the 7FYP while taking into account the challenges of the pandemic.
Nigeria's children: COVID-19 and broken dreams
- December 8, 2020by Obinna Obiwulu - CSEA (Nigeria)
Children of poor households are forced to quit school and support their families as COVID-19 leaves their parents jobless.
Direct Economic Costs of COVID-19 on Tourism
- December 7, 2020by Kanchana Wickramasinghe, Shyama Ratnasiri - IPS (Sri Lanka)
Google search data, when combined with past tourist arrivals data, helps to increase the accuracy of tourism demand forecasting for Sri Lanka.
Educating in times of pandemic: the government increases educational investment
- in Spanish - December 7, 2020by Agustín Claus, María Eugenia Bucciarelli - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Investment in education may increase to $ 344,652 million constant 2020 pesos.
Economic impacts for Pakistan of the coronavirus second wave
- December 7, 2020by Vaqar Ahmed - SDPI (Pakistan)
As the COVID-19 positive rate increased, Pakistan has seen the shutting down of several economic activities as well as the closure of some services like schools.
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Ugandan businesses? Results from a business climate survey
- December 5, 2020EPRC (Uganda)
This issue of the Uganda Business Climate Index examines the effect of the risk presented by COVID-19 on Uganda’s businesses.
Evolution of contagion and deaths from COVID-19: Chile and the rest of the world on comparable dates
- in Spanish - December 3, 2020by Diego Pardow, Eduardo Engel, Pablo Simonetti - Espacio Público (Chile)
How has COVID-19 evolved in Chile compared to the rest of the world?
IEP organized thematic cycle on the challenges of the craft and tourism sector in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
- in Spanish - December 1, 2020Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
In recent years, tourism in Peru has become an extremely important economic activity.
The State from home. Remote work and its impact on the management of Senior Public Management
- in Spanish - December 1, 2020by Gonzalo Diéguez, Demian González Chmielewski, Laura Zuvanic - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19, Argentina had to implement actions to continue operating in a remote manner.
Regarding the "Guidelines for the evaluation of competences of Basic Education students in the framework of the health emergency caused by COVID-19"
- in Spanish - December 1, 2020by Jessica Tapia - GRADE (Peru)
This article presents the main components of the guidelines for the assessment of competences of Basic Education students during COVID-19.
The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on School Education
- December 1, 2020by Shivani Sonawane - CBGA (India)
There is a growing concern that COVID-19 might amplify barriers and increase the gender gap in education in India.
State-society Interactions and Bordering Practices in Gurugram’s Pandemic Response
- November 28, 2020by Mukta Naik - CPR (India)
This article uses the conceptualisation of boundaries and borders to reflect on the role of local state and civil society actors in Gurugram’s pandemic response.
Multilateral Organisations have an important role in the recovery from COVID-19
- November 27, 2020CPD (Bangladesh)
During this pandemic, these organisations were proactive, even though the multilateral development system was under stress, perhaps as never before.
Post Covid-19 Sustainability of Local Manufacturing Industries in Kenya
- November 24, 2020by John Karanja - KIPPRA (Kenya)
As a result of strict COVID-19 measures, the local manufacturing industries experienced significant disruptions in Kenya.