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Blogs
Read about the latest research and analysis from the CORE research initiative.
Addressing vulnerability in crisis response: Lessons from the pandemic
Lessons from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic present the opportunity to identify and address the critical limitations in every country’s ability to respond to crises and achieve equitable development. In spring […]
Understanding impact pathways in crisis response
A new report on impact pathways from the Covid Response for Equity (CORE) programme provides deep learning on research engagement in a crisis. Evidence in a crisis The Covid-19 pandemic created […]
Mobilising knowledge with care and intent
As the world faces increasingly frequent and interconnected deadly crisis, the urgency to identify effective responses has never been felt more acutely. Locally driven responses to the recent Covid-19 crisis […]
What the pandemic has taught us about rapid response research
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck three years ago, IDRC quickly made the decision to redirect significant funding to rapid pandemic response. We knew that public policies to limit the spread […]
Mitigating the effects of Covid-19 in West Africa
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments around the world took a range of measures to fight against the spread of the pandemic, including containment measures, closure of public […]
Evidence reveals better ways to protect livelihoods and rights during global emergencies
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Food Systems Summit: an opened-ended story
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
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
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?
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 […]
The challenge of governing collaboratively
With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been confronted to an unknown scenario for which we neither have the scientific answers, nor the health policies, technology or infrastructure. Faced with this […]
Three feminist economic tools to build back fairer after Covid-19
Several reports in the past year documented how the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities between women and men in many areas of life, globally. Commentators warn of a significant leap backwards […]