Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit taking place this week (23 September), experts are calling for a number of steps to protect the food and livelihood security of those […]
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Macro-economic policy for a rainbow recovery
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been highly unequal, with low and middle countries suffering the most severe and sustained effects, albeit in widely differing ways in different countries. […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Informal Sector in Africa: Assessing the Impact and Policies for Response and Recovery
The international symposium on ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Informal Sector in Africa: Assessing the Impact and Policies for Response and Recovery’ (Colloque international: La pandémie de COVID-19 et le […]
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WEBINAR: The Macroeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in Africa
Join researchers and policymakers from South Africa and Nigeria to explore policy dimensions of COVID-19 in these two economies and contemplate the way forward to successful sustainable and inclusive economic […]
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Building Resilience and Recovery of MSMEs from the Second COVID-19 Lockdown
The virtual conference – organised by the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda – will provide a platform to share […]
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COYOQA Baseline Study Dissemination Webinar
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) in collaboration with the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA) from Ethiopia, the University of Makerere from […]
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Covid-19 research exposes food security crisis for women and informal workers
Experts are calling for national level policy reforms to protect the food and livelihood security of those hardest hit by Covid-19 – women and workers in the informal economies of […]
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WEBINAR: There is No Recovery Without Informal Workers: Towards a Better Deal for the Global Working Poor
This webinar will launch a first round of global findings from the CORE-funded COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy study, led by WIEGO. The findings are also summarised in a […]
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New CORE report highlights the impact of Covid-19 on food security and livelihoods
A new CORE report highlights how Covid-19 is having a major impact on household food security and livelihoods through a combination of loss of income, increasing food prices, and restrictions […]
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Colabora.Lat 2021 Global Forum
The Colabora.Lat 2021 Global Forum’s main goal is to learn from the institutional, social and community collaboration experiences within COVID-19 responses. It will bring together senior officials from governments and […]
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New resource for policy actors, practitioners and researchers responding to Covid-19
A new resource for policy actors and researchers seeking to respond more effectively to the Covid pandemic is now live. The COVID response for Equity Programme (CORE), supported by the […]
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IDS joins forces with IDRC to connect evidence with the global response to Covid-19
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is working with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support recovery from Covid-19. IDS, which played a key role in supporting the response […]