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Call in the social science cavalry for post-pandemic recovery

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Read about the latest research and analysis from the CORE research initiative.

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Call in the social science cavalry for post-pandemic recovery

14 March 2022

This blog was first published on Asia Pathways. Many governments around the world found themselves ill-prepared to respond to the massive social and economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease […]

Covid-19: A global response to a global challenge
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Covid-19: A global response to a global challenge

11 March 2022

On the two year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic, Estefania Charvet of Southern Voice reflects on what has changed since the start of Covid-19. Changes in […]

Why Covid-19 recovery must be gender responsive
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Why Covid-19 recovery must be gender responsive

8 March 20228 March 2022

The Coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on livelihoods across the globe, with women and minority communities working in informal economies often the hardest hit. This is the focus […]

Top 5 Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021
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Top 5 Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021

8 February 2022

This blog was first published on Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing’s (WIEGO) website on 1 February. 2021 was another tough year for informal workers: their earnings stayed far […]

Rethinking our understanding of vulnerability under the pandemic
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Rethinking our understanding of vulnerability under the pandemic

31 January 2022

One of the challenges facing organisations trying to assess the Covid-19 pandemic’s socio-economic impact on vulnerable social groups is how to understand vulnerability in a complex and data-poor context. As […]

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Flexibility and adaptation: shaping research practice during Covid-19

14 December 202114 December 2021

Carrying out research in complex and dynamic socio-political contexts can be difficult. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened, extended, and created new challenges, causing research partners around the […]

Covid-19 and social accountability: Insights from a rapid baseline study in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
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Covid-19 and social accountability: Insights from a rapid baseline study in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

6 December 20216 December 2021

Involving citizens and communities in the processes of governance, so that the decisions and actions of those in power are made public, and can be questioned, is key to an […]

South Africa’s Covid-19 Information App most popular with urban dwellers, women and youth
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South Africa’s Covid-19 Information App most popular with urban dwellers, women and youth

10 November 202110 November 2021

This blog was first published on Research ICT Africa’s website on 31 October.  Nation-states the world over are seized with what constitutes the best public policy responses to the Covid-19 […]

The Food Systems Summit: an opened-ended story
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The Food Systems Summit: an opened-ended story

30 September 2021

The Food Systems Summit, convened by the UN Secretary General, finally took place on 23 September, when heads of state, civil society organisations, academics and businesses came together in a […]

MSMEs in Uganda far from being resilient – EPRC Study
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MSMEs in Uganda far from being resilient – EPRC Study

16 September 2021

This blog was first published on Economic Policy Research Centre’s website on 3 August. Uganda’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are “hanging in there” to see the next day […]

Gender, intersectionality and Covid-19
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Gender, intersectionality and Covid-19

15 July 2021

Over the last twelve months, a clear body of evidence has emerged to demonstrate the differing impacts of Covid-19 on women, girls, boys, and men. Across global regions, women have […]

Covid-19 and food security: What is the way forward?
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Covid-19 and food security: What is the way forward?

7 July 202112 July 2021

Covid-19 is having a major impact on livelihoods and food security across the globe, with women and those who work in informal economies often the hardest hit. This is the […]

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