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Financial inclusion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Justine Luwedde - EPRC (Uganda) - October 19, 2020
The risks associated with COVID-19 have aggravated the credit and liquidity limitations among MSMEs in Uganda
COVID lockdown, how people managed and impact of welfare schemes on informal sector workers: Evidence from Delhi slums
- January 5, 2021by Ajit Mishra, Saudamini Das - IEG (India)
How have the central and state governments' welfare measures like direct cash transfer and food grain distribution benefited slum households?
The wounds that COVID-19 will leave in the family economy
- in Spanish - January 4, 2021by Carolina Trivelli - Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP)
4 million Peruvians will be left out of the middle class this year due to the economic impact of COVID-19.
Accurate data is much needed to overcome the impact of COVID-19
- January 3, 2021by Mustafizur Rahman - CPD (Bangladesh)
The recovery of the country’s economy following the coronavirus crisis is long and slow due to data scarcity.
Finding out fast about the impact of COVID-19: the need for policy-relevant methodological innovation
- January 1, 2021by Hossain Zillur Rahman, Imran Matin, Nikola Banks, David Hulme - CBGA (India)
The COVID-19 crisis has made the development of innovative, rapid survey methodologies a research priority.
COVID-19 and SDG 8: Reviving economies, restoring livelihoods
- December 25, 2020by Syed Yusuf Saadat - CPD (Bangladesh)
In Bangladesh, 71% of urban slum-dwellers and 55% of the rural poor have no jobs because of the pandemic.
Urban Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- December 25, 2020by Pallavi Choudhuri, Santanu Pramanik, Sonalde Desai - NCAER (India)
In India, the urban poor and households/individuals relying on casual wage work were most affected by the lockdowns.
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Small and Medium Enterprises in Bangladesh
- December 24, 2020by Atiya Rahman, Rafia Nisat, Asadul Islam - BIGD (Bangladesh)
Lockdown measures caused the majority of small enterprises to shut down.
COVID-19’s Impact on Bangladesh Economy
- December 19, 2020by Avinno Faruk, Shahadat Hossain Siddique - BIGD (Bangladesh)
Both domestic and international demand declined due to the outbreak and subsequent lockdown.
Comparative Study of Policy Responses to COVID-19 in LICs in Africa
- December 18, 2020by Adedeji Adeniran - CSEA (Nigeria)
External financing has been crucial for low-income countries’ ability to respond to the pandemic, but is still inadequate.
COVID-19 and Migrant Workers: The Economics of Repatriation
- December 16, 2020by Bilesha Weeraratne - IPS (Sri Lanka)
This blog, written to mark International Migrants Day, examines the experience and challenges in the repatriation process during COVID-19.
The impact of COVID-19 on the Peruvian economy
- in Spanish - December 12, 2020by Miguel Jaramillo, Hugo Ñopo - GRADE (Peru)
Potential impacts on labor incomes of Peruvian homes are analyzed.
Yearender: 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.
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.
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.