In 2020, IDRC mobilised to support research to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Its largest initiative within this response, Covid-19 Responses for Equity, sought to understand the socioeconomic impacts of […]
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The real value of pandemic research stretches far beyond short term policy responses
The human tragedy of Covid-19 has provided a challenging research environment that has tested the ability of development donors to rapidly mobilise funding and support impact. A new report by […]
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Social accountability for meaningful youth engagement in Kenya
The Covid-19 and the youth question in Africa: Response, impact and prevention measures in the IGAD region (COYOQA) project is a participatory action research project in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. […]
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Stranded in a pandemic: migrant and refugee experiences call for collaborative governance
This blog was first published on the IDRC website. EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (CC BY-ND 2.0)People crossing the border between Guatemala and Mexico. The mobility of almost everyone […]
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Call in the social science cavalry for post-pandemic recovery
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 […]
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Covid-19: A global response to a global challenge
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 […]
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Why Covid-19 recovery must be gender responsive
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 […]
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Top 5 Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021
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 […]
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Rethinking our understanding of vulnerability under the pandemic
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
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 […]
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Covid-19 and social accountability: Insights from a rapid baseline study in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
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 […]
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South Africa’s Covid-19 Information App most popular with urban dwellers, women and youth
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 […]