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podcastAs India considers how to exit lockdown, ‘risk stratification’ approach may offer solution
- April 20, 2020by Jishnu Das, Benjamin Daniels - CPR (India)
Stricter restrictions could be retained in places with a larger group of older people or those with severe medical conditions.
To control Covid-19, address water, sanitation, hygiene and waste issues
- April 20, 2020by Aditya Bhol - CPR (India)
The outbreak has underlined India’s flaws in addressing urban densification, growth and adverse public health outcomes.
Impact of Covid-19 on Africa – A Call for Immediate and Responsive Action
- April 18, 2020by Enock Nyorekwa Twinoburyo - ACODE (Uganda)
There is a need for an immediate short term emergency social protection fund aimed at vulnerable populations.
Covid-19 Policy Considerations for Uganda’s National Budget
- April 18, 2020by Emmanuel Keith Kisaame - ACODE (Uganda)
What are some of these key considerations to take into account for Uganda’s 2020/21 fiscal budget?
The Potential Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya
- April 18, 2020by Jason Rosario Braganza - ACODE (Uganda)
The measures put in place to curb the pandemic will have a significant impact across all sectors of the Kenyan economy.
Lockdown and Layoffs: The Poor have to Pay the Rents
- April 17, 2020by Sajid Amin Javed - SDPI (Pakistan)
About 80% of Pakistan's poor households work in vulnerable occupations. Now, they are unemployed and facing lay-offs.
Unemployment Insurance in Ecuador
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
A contingency plan for those entering unemployment for non-voluntary reasons.
Temporary Humanitarian Contribution on Income of Natural Persons Dependent on the Public Sector
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
In a new law created to minimize the effects of the crisis, solidarity contributions to the people’s income will be made.
Civil Society in Ecuador
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020Grupo FARO (Ecuador)
The new humanitarian law proposes the engagement of five members of civil society. Who is civil society? What is its role?
Executive evaluates more bonds: what other sectors should be targeted after the state of emergency is extended?
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020by Carolina Trivelli - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
Every day that lockdown is extended, more groups of people fall into a situation of vulnerability.
COVID-19 and Foreign Exchange Woes: Can Sri Lanka Find a Way Out?
- April 17, 2020by Bilesha Weeraratne - IPS (Sri Lanka)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has taken many measures to attract, as well as retain, more foreign exchange in the country.
Analysis: The Emerging International Response- Five Takeaways from March G-20 Summit on COVID-19
- April 17, 2020CPR (India)
The Summit lacked real proposals but discussions that happened around it give an idea into the global response thus far.
Shadow Pandemic: Home Is Not A Safe Place for Everyone
- April 17, 2020by Sakshi Rai, Drishti Rastogi - CBGA (India)
In what UN Women calls a shadow pandemic, violence perpetrated on women and girls has seen an alarming rise.
Early Childhood and Families: A Partnership for Continuing Education during the Crisis
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020by Jennifer Guevara, Vanesa D'Alessandre - CIPPEC (Argentina)
Education in early childhood needs to be re-thought. Families require support in order to fully integrate this into their daily lives at home.
Don't let Covid-19 detonate the gender economic gap
- in Spanish - April 17, 2020by Gala Díaz Langou - CIPPEC (Argentina)
The gender gap in the labor market is real. Without making it visible, it is impossible to develop policies to reverse this situation.