The CORE initiative marked an important milestone earlier this year: the first in-person learning workshop after more than two years of online interactions and virtual activities. Over fifty participants from twenty international research teams gathered from 17 to 19 January 2023 in Dakar, Senegal. The aim was to share knowledge and experiences of how to frame research for policy and practice and identify cross-CORE project collaborations around engaging with regional and global policy processes.
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CORE research teams meet at last in Dakar, Senegal
Partners
Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa
Foro Social de Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras (FOSDEH)
Groupe de Recherche et d’Analyse Appliquées pour le Développement
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
Laboratoire d’Analyse Quantitative Appliquée au Développement
LIRNEasia
OSSREA Kenya Chapter
Southern Voice
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
Universidad de Icesi
Associated Project
Informal Workers and COVID-19: Evidence-Based Responses to the Crisis at the Base of the Economic Pyramid
This project focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on the livelihoods and health of poor workers, especially women, in the informal economy. It will do […]
Associated Project
Sowing Development: Small Scale Agriculture and Food Security Resilient to Covid-19
This project will generate evidence and promote changes to agri-food systems in the aftermath of the pandemic. It will contribute to mitigating the impact on the food security and consumption […]
Associated Project
A New Digital Deal for an Inclusive Post-COVID-19 Social Compact: Developing Digital Strategies for Social and Economic Reconstruction
This project will study the linkages between the informal economy and the digital transformation of governance. The project aims to inform policy debates on the role of digitalization in the […]
Associated Project
Simulations and Field Experiments of Policy Responses and Interventions to Promote Inclusive Adaptation to and Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis
This project focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of current and potential policies in 11 developing countries to identify more effective and inclusive policy responses […]
Associated Project
COVID-19 and the Youth Question in Africa: Impact, Response and Protection Measures in the IGAD Region (COYOQA)
The project will analyse how young people are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and examine how they can be key actors who can be meaningfully engaged in response mitigation and […]
Associated Project
Building back better: Using a disruptive crisis to achieve sustainable and gender inclusive improvements in food security, labor markets and social protection
What cost-effective policy options and, crucially, what unforeseen opportunities exist for Latin America and the Global South to reduce the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, promote a more equitable recovery […]
Associated Project
Mitigating Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Promoting Post-Pandemic Resilience in Uganda
This project focuses on policies, measures, and strategies to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, as well as interventions required to re-activate resilience of the Ugandan economy post COVID-19. Using […]
Associated Project
REBUILD: COVID-19 & Women in the Informal Economy in Kenya, Uganda & India
This project focuses on urban informal economic activities across three countries (India, Kenya, and Uganda), where the researchers will provide critical insights into the resilience of and challenges faced by […]
Associated Project
The Impact of COVID-19 on Inclusive Development and Democratic Governance: Rapid and Post-Pandemic Assessment in the Mekong Subregion
This project aims to support inclusive, coordinated, and gender-sensitive responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. It will create assessments of the socioeconomic impacts of the […]
Associated Project
Promoting Resilience in COVID-19 in MENA: Building Inclusive and Effective Social Protection and Safety Nets
This project focuses on the promotion of inclusive and effective social protections and safety nets during and post-COVID-19 in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Social safety nets are interpreted differently […]
Associated Project
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Livelihoods in Africa
This project focuses on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on livelihoods in selected African countries, with special emphasis on vulnerable groups. Specifically, the project will evaluate macroeconomic consequences of […]
Associated Project
Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises, Food Security, and Evolving Social Protection Mechanisms to Deal with COVID-19 in Pakistan
This project will map formal and informal small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country and provide evidence on the effectiveness of a stimulus package for SMEs to the Ministry […]
Associated Project
Shaping the Macro-Economy in Response to COVID-19: A Responsible Economic Stimulus, a Stable Financial Sector, and a Revival in Exports
This project aims to contribute to the knowledge on macroeconomic policies that are key for low-income countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacts of the pandemic on the economies […]
Associated Project
COVID-19 Macroeconomic Policy Response in Africa
This project will generate evidence to support policy makers, specifically finance ministries, to promote equitable socioeconomic and sustainable environmental policies and interventions, in the short and longer term. The project […]
Associated Project
Improving the Targeting of Public Policies for Decent Work in Francophone Africa in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This project seeks to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small informal businesses in Benin, Cameroon, Morocco, and Senegal. It will explore policy options for targeted support to […]
Associated Project
Impacts of Public Policies Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Informal Sector, Young People, and Women: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal
This project will document and analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal, . Using qualitative and quantitative techniques the […]
Associated Project
Providing Timely Evidence to Facilitate the Socio-Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rwanda
This project aims to facilitate evidence-based decision making to provide appropriate socio-economic responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Rwanda. The project will collect data on a set of 10,000 households […]
Associated Project
Colabora.Lat: Towards a New Model of Governance after Covid-19
The ‘Colabora.Lat: hacia un modelo de gobernanza post covid-19’ project focuses on 1) understanding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on social relations, trust, and collective action, especially among women […]
Associated Project
Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on African Economies, Social Cohesion, and Governance: Evidence from Benin, Burkina Faso and South Africa
This project will contribute to policies and strategies to address the immediate and longer-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies, social cohesion, and governance in Benin, Burkina Faso, and […]
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