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podcastProtecting Sri Lankan MSMEs During a Pandemic: A Need for Innovative Solutions
- September 14, 2020by Kithmina Hewage - IPS (Sri Lanka)
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the traditional vulnerabilities of this sector.
A Disproportionate Response
- in Spanish - September 11, 2020by Carolina Trivelli - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
The differentiated labour impacts between men and women resulting from the crisis of the pandemic in Peru.
Controlling NCDs in Sri Lanka in the Age of a Pandemic
- September 11, 2020by Wimal Nanayakkara - IPS (Sri Lanka)
People with pre-existing noncommunicable diseases are at a higher risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19.
A COVID Collapse in Fourteen Pictures
- September 11, 2020by Partha Mukhopadhyay - CPR (India)
India's per-capita income is now the same as when Modi first took office in 2014.
Light at the end of the tunnel should not make us complacent
- September 10, 2020by Towfiqul Islam Khan - CPD (Bangladesh)
Since Covid-19 was reported in the country, the Bangladesh economy has gone through a series of challenging episodes.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Poor and Vulnerable in Kenya
- September 10, 2020by Dara Salih - CSEA (Nigeria)
Although mitigation efforts have helped slow down the spread of the virus, they have caused some challenges to certain groups.
Estimating Catastrophic Health Expenditures from Household Surveys: Evidence from Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS)-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (ISA) from Sub-Saharan Africa
- September 10, 2020by Sarah Ssewanyana, Ibrahim Kasirye - EPRC (Uganda)
How the burden of out of pocket health expenditures varies with different thresholds for financial catastrophe.
Apathy towards Climate-Induced Migrants amid COVID-19: Insights from Bangladesh, India & Pakistan
- September 10, 2020by Maryam Shabbir Abbasi, Khansa Naeem - SDPI (Pakistan)
With the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced migrants have become more vulnerable.
COVID-19 and Sri Lanka’s Labour Market Gaps: Permanent Protection for Temporary Employees
- September 9, 2020by Priyanka Jayawardena - IPS (Sri Lanka)
More than 1.7 million temporary employees in the private sector are at the risk of facing drastic wage cuts and layoffs.
Online Education in Rural Areas: Implications
- September 8, 2020by Sariyam Teja Krishna Chaithanya - CBGA (India)
Immediate measures are essential to ensure continuity of learning across all educational institutions.
Will there be a middle path for affordable COVID-19 vaccines?
- September 8, 2020by Palash Baruah, D L Wankhar - NCAER (India)
It's expected for COVID-19 vaccines to be classified as 'global public goods', given they are being majorly funded by people's taxes.
COVID-19 and its impact on the mobility of the Salvadoran population
- in Spanish - September 7, 2020by Luis Enrique Rodríguez Posadas, Carlos Eduardo Argueta - FUNDAUNGO (El Salvador)
People's movement trends, before, during, and after lockdown, according to Google local mobility reports.
Construction sector in Ecuador at the time of COVID-19
- in Spanish - September 7, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
Measures for the economic recovery of the sector are aimed at avoiding business closures and job losses.
Basic income: a strategy for dealing with the social effects of the pandemic
- in Spanish - September 7, 2020by Gala Díaz Langou, Daniel Arroyo, Nora Lustig, Fernando Filgueira - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Universality signifies the right to a minimum income, but not that everyone necessarily receives that minimum income.
Five pillars for an education with social distance
- in Spanish - September 4, 2020by Alejandra Cardini, Esteban Torre - CIPPEC (Argentina)
In a context full of uncertainty, planning how to move from an education in isolation to one with social distance is urgent.