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podcastCovid-19’s Impact On Social Divides – A Spotlight On Africa
- June 9, 2020by Aminata Niang, Peter Taylor - IPAR (Senegal)
Africa’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is compromised.
No School, No Meals: Sri Lanka’s Battle against Child Malnutrition amidst COVID-19
- June 9, 2020by Priyanka Jayawardena - IPS (Sri Lanka)
The pandemic has caused pre-schools and schools to close, and many families to lose their income, worsening child malnutrition.
Inequality, vulnerabilities and covid-19 strategies
- in Spanish - June 9, 2020Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
Food vulnerability, financial vulnerability, labor vulnerability, emotional vulnerability, access to technology, and more.
Creation, utilisation of fiscal space in budget FY21
- June 9, 2020by Fahmida Kathun, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mustafizur Rahman, Towfiqul Islam Khan - CPD (Bangladesh)
The key policy concern emerging from the current public finance discourse relates to the creation and utilisation of fiscal space.
COVID 19: Challenges and Opportunities for Index-Based Agricultural Insurance In Senegal
- in French - June 9, 2020by Mame Mor Anta Syll, Ahmadou Ly, Omar Cissé Sow, Lena Weingartner - IPAR (Senegal)
Insurance is at the heart of the agricultural finance issue due to its capacity to secure loan contracts and to build trust.
Saving people and securing economic recovery in budget FY21
- June 8, 2020by Fahmida Kathun, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mustafizur Rahman, Towfiqul Islam Khan - CPD (Bangladesh)
The economic policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were influenced by the false dichotomy between life and livelihood.
Missing Spirit of Cooperative Fiscal Federalism to Fight COVID-19
- June 8, 2020by Jawed Alam Khan - CBGA (India)
‘Cooperative federalism’ propagated by the State was inadequate in taking States on board when lockdown was began.
Government– Bank of Ghana collaborative efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses and the economy
- June 8, 2020IEA (Ghana)
Commending the coordinated response, while providing additional recommendations to make the measures more effective.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity in Peru
- June 8, 2020by Eduardo Zegarra - GRADE (Peru)
The State’s weak decision-making capacity is hurting Peruvians. 77% of families are unsure about their ability to access food in the next 4 weeks.
COVID-19 Crisis Implications for the RMG Sector: Trade Union Responses – A Rapid Study
- June 7, 2020by Maheen Sultan, Kabita Chowdhury, Sayada Jannatun Naim, Shanawez Hossain, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Farah Huque - BIGD (Bangladesh)
The impact of the health crisis on the readymade garments industry and its workers, the majority of whom are women.
Impact of COVID-19 on poverty in El Salvador
- in Spanish - June 7, 2020by Ana Marcela López - FUSADES (El Salvador)
This impact of the pandemic sets back up to two decades in advances to combat poverty.
COVID-19 and the basic and effective reproductive number in El Salvador: A proposal for its measurement
- in Spanish - June 7, 2020by Carlos Eduardo Argueta - FUNDAUNGO (El Salvador)
If current conditions remain unchanged, the threshold of 1 won’t be reached.
Out of sight, out of mind? COVID-19 and Sri Lankan migrant workers abroad
- June 7, 2020by Chandima Arambepola - CEPA (Sri Lanka)
COVID-19 exposed social divisions and a lack of institutional understanding on how to address the issues migrant workers face.
Growth, poverty and inequality implications of Covid-19
- June 7, 2020by Fahmida Kathun, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mustafizur Rahman, Towfiqul Islam Khan - CPD (Bangladesh)
The economy is being adversely impacted through a host of transmission channels, both global and national.
Food vulnerability
- in Spanish - June 6, 2020by Raúl Asensio - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
Inequality, vulnerability and strategies of households in the face of the pandemic.