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In July 2020, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) awarded funding to PEP for COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE), a new COVID-19 crisis recovery research initiative. Through this initiative, PEP is working with local...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all segments of society, highlighting the interconnected nature of the pandemic and broader sustainability challenges as it sweeps across sectors and boundaries. Its impacts are widespread in both economic and non-...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on lives and education systems including widespread school closures. The school closures come on top of a pre-existing learning crisis and threatens to further widen learning gaps, leaving even more...

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The COVID-19 pandemic impacted upon the way that production is organised and the way in which consumption takes place. There has been a much greater reliance on remote work and an increased use of automation technologies in many sectors, allowing...

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While the pandemic had an immediate and disproportionate negative impact on the livelihoods of most informal workers, it has been widely assumed that their livelihoods would recover once the initial government restrictions were lifted and the...

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This session discusses the labour market implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated policies from a macro- and microeconomic perspective. The panel of speakers will present evidence from large cross-country datasets to provide novel...

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This panel discusses the impacts of the pandemic in South East Asia with 3 research papers covering Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The pandemic has had differential impacts – in mortality and morbidity – but also in terms of the...

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This session is convened by ODI and Southern Voice and discusses appropriate macro-responses to COVID-19 to promote a including a responsible economic stimulus, a stable financial sector and a revival in exports. Chaired by Andrea Ordonez, Director...

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The papers in this session offer a significant insight into the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the firms and market sector in developing countries. The paper on Ethiopia uses primary data collected just before the start, and a few months into the...

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This section presents several studies about the effects of COVID-19 on human capital. The papers use different methodologies, provide insights for different countries, and complement each other. Abay et al. (2021) for Ethiopia and Dessy et al. (2021...

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While the need for protecting the vulnerable has increased dramatically in the last few years, most developing countries face considerable fiscal constraints. The pandemic has further exacerbated this situation and policymakers are confronted with...

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This session explores topics related to political stability and health governance in light of the Covid-19 pandemic in various contexts. The panel addresses important questions on health-seeking behaviours, the varied effects of social distancing...

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While the pandemic has presented undeniable challenges to public health and the global economy, we still have limited understanding of its political implications. How has the pandemic, and its related policy response, affected violence, rebellion,...

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The pandemic has affected people’s lives across the globe. One major concern is how much people’s incomes suffered, leading to greater poverty and inequality. Public policies such as taxes and benefits can help bolster societies against...

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The evolving category of ‘essential services’ has found new meaning in the context of a global pandemic. The role of many groups of informal workers as ‘essential service’ providers or ‘essential workers’ has been...