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COVID-19 in the Global South: Impacts and policy responses
The objective of this analysis is to explore the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 and how it is affecting the Global South.
Enhancing social protection: a Global South priority for the G20 Agenda
In year two of the pandemic, international support should move beyond emergency response towards medium- and long- term planning.
Argentina and Chile: non-compliance with quarantine and criminal sanctions
Both governments resorted to quarantine to stop the virus from spreading and sought the population’s compliance by threatening with criminal sanctions. Did it work?
Crisis impacts on rural lives and livelihoods in Kenya
The COVID-19 crisis shows the need for longer-term strategies to build in resilience against future shocks.
Can value-chain based measures spur the recovery of apparel suppliers and workers?
The global apparel value chain went through an unprecedented crisis due to COVID-19.
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Development Effectiveness
The meetings were designed to examine, from a Southern perspective, the implications of COVID-19 on the effectiveness of international development cooperation.
COVID-19 has exacerbated poverty and inequality in Northern Triangle Countries
We joined forces to respond to the social crisis resulting from the economic losses and the public health emergency that affected Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Nigeria’s children: COVID-19 and broken dreams
In Nigeria, children of poor households are forced to quit school and support their families as COVID-19 leaves their parents jobless. I
What can think tanks do to make public policies more effective?
This new year is a good time to reflect on the public policies that have been implemented or proposed to deal with the social and economic impact of COVID-19, but also with the institutional and political effects.
COVID 19: Why Uganda needs national strategic food reserves
A mother of three in Kampala is quoted saying “Hunger will kill us even before we die of this virus.”