This section provides a curated list of opinion pieces on Covid-19, policies and programmes to deal with it, and the implications for different groups in LIC’s. The materials will be updated weekly.
Policies and Programmes
- Funding the Recovery of Low-income Countries After COVID by IMF
- The risks of an uneven economic recovery in an unequal world by Brookings
- What can low-income countries do to provide relief for the poor and the vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic? by World Bank
- Beyond Lockdown—Sustainable COVID Control for Low-Income Countries by CGD
- Shortfalls in Social Spending in Low- and Middle-income Countries by UNICEF
- COVID-19: What low-income countries need for a more equal recovery by World Economic Forum
- Why has COVID-19 lockdown compliance varied between high- and low-income countries? By Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Global health financing after COVID-19 and the new Pandemic Fund by Brookings
- 100 Weeks Into the Pandemic: The Importance of Keeping Schools Open and Investing in Learning Recovery Programs by Stefania Giannini, Robert Jenkins and Jaime Saavedra
- COVID-19 Threatens Four ‘Lost Decades’ for Gender Equality by UNCTAD
- How a Novel Financing Tool is Helping Bring the Private Sector into Difficult Markets by the World Bank Blogs
- UNCTAD Issues Amber Warning on Building Back Better by UNCTAD
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Implications for Labour
- The impact of COVID-19 on poverty in low and middle-income countries by LSE blog
- Which jobs were ‘lost’ during India’s COVID-19 lockdowns? Evidence from online vacancy postings by IGC
- Has Uganda recovered from the COVID-19 lockdowns? by IGC
- How food prices changed during COVID-19: Evidence from Kenya and Uganda by IGC
- Can Internet Access Lead to Improved Economic Outcomes? by Jonas Hjort and Camilla Sacchetto
- Alarming Decline in Labour Productivity Growth in Arab States – But Policy Reforms Can Fuel Recovery by the ILO
- ILO: Employment Impact of the Pandemic Worse than Expected by the ILO
- Career Impact Bonds? Financing upskilling to fill the world’s vacancies by Sridhar Krishna
- COVID-19 Has Made Life Even More Precarious for Migrant Workers by the ILO
- Post COVID-19 Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Role for Coffee Companies? by Tendai Doreen Hwehwe, Henry Eric Magezi and Kouyo Elisabeth Keturah
- Making of Shonar Bangla – How Bangladesh Transformed its Economy by Junaid Kamal Ahmad
- Working for The Most Vulnerable People: Jobs and Economic Transformation in the Face of COVID-19 by the World Bank
- Reversing the Adverse Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Yele Batana, Alexandra Jarotschkin and Mervy Ever Viboudoulou Vilpoux
- These Types of Workers were Most Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic by Michael Weber and David Newhouse
- Slow Jobs Recovery and Increased Inequality Risk Long-term COVID-19 Scarring by the ILO
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Gender
- How is COVID-19 affecting gender inequality in low-income countries? Insights from Sierra Leone by IGC
- COVID-19 death toll four times higher in lower-income countries than rich ones by Oxfam
- The gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Uganda’s skilled workers by IGC
- Latest IMF gender research: Making the Economy Work for women, or Women work for the economy?
- Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Work in the Philippines by Helle Buchhave, Nadia Belhaj and Hassine Belghith
- Over 2 Million Moms Left the Labour Force in 2020 According to New Global Estimates by the ILO
- COVID-19 Impacts and Gender Equality by Miriam Selva and Emily Janoch
- Do Childcare Subsidies and Employment Services Increase Women’s Employment in Egypt? by the World Bank Blogs
- Rural Women Need Gender Equality, Workplace Safety by the ILO
- Household Dynamics and Female Labor Force Participation: Discussion Edition by Markus Goldstein
- Unleashing Women and Girls’ Human Capital: A Game Changer for Africa by Hana Brixi, Laura Rawlings and Elizabeth Koechlein
- Labor Market Exits and Entrances are Elevated: Who is Coming Back? by Lauren Bauer and Wendy Edelberg
- The Key to Funding Gender Equality? Context and Collaboration by Mary Wandia
- An Uneven Recovery: the Impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean by the World Bank
- Opening a Global Conversation About the Gender Digital Divide by Kate Gromova, Reyn Anderson and Garima Gupta
- COVID-19 Threatens Four ‘Lost Decades’ for Gender Equality by UNCTAD
- The Pandemic has Hurt Women’s Health. This is Why That’s Bad for Everyone by World Economic Forum
- The Gender Penalties of the Pandemic: The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Labor Market Outcomes by the UNDP
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Children, Youth, and Education
- The intergenerational mortality trade-off of COVID-19 lockdown policies in low- and middle-income countries by CEPR
- Why Child Labour Cannot be Forgotten During COVID-19 by UNICEF
- Protecting children from the economic impact of COVID-19 on small businesses by UNICEF
- COVID-19’s Impact on Young People Risks a Lost Generation by World Bank
- TVET and the Future of Work: Tracing Outcomes of Graduates in Saudi Arabia by Ekaterina Pankratova, Nayib Rivera and Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad
- Education Meets the Metaverse in Eastern Caribbean national Colleges by Diego Angel-Urdinola, Cynthia Marchioni and Jimmy Vainstein
- How Do the World’s Leading Education Experts Recommend the Education Sector Should Respond to Covid-19? by Charlotte Watts, Jaime Saavedra and Robert Jenkins
- Ensuring Learning Continuity During COVID-19-Related School Closures: Lessons From Remote Learning Experiences in Over 45 Countries by World Bank Blogs
- Lessons for the Education Sector from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Harry A. Patrinos and Eduardo Velez Bustillo
- Reversing The Pandemic’s Education Losses by Henrietta Fore and David Malpass
- Learning Losses From COVID-19 Could Cost This Generation of Students Close to $17 Trillion in Lifetime Earnings by UNESCO
- Five Lessons from Remote Learning during COVID-19 by the World Bank
- Ensuring Equal Access to Education in Future Crises: Findings of the New Remote Learning Readiness Index by UNICEF
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Refugees and Migration
- 2021 Year in Review: Refugee, Migrant Numbers Rise, Despite Travel Curbs by UN News
- Social Protection for Migrant Workers, Refugees and Their Families by the ILO
- A Christmas Tale and 3 lessons on Migration by Ana I. Aguilera
- Critical Gaps in Refugee Education: Two Thirds of Refugee Youth Might Never Get to Secondary School by the UNHCR
- Immigration and Natives’ Exposure to COVID-related Risks in the EU by Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote Sanchez, Mattia Makovec and Çağlar Özden
- More Children Than Ever Before Live As Migrants or Refugees, Outside Their Birth Countries – UNICEF by UN News
- Enhancing Effective Management of Labour Migration in a COVID-19 Environment by the Guardian
- Magnifying Inequality for Forcibly Displaced Women: A Call for Action by Leila Hanafi and Thokozani Kadzamira
- We Need to Stop Talking About Gender Equality and Start Funding it Instead by Aya Chebbi
- Global Labour Migration Increases by Five Million by the ILO
- Labour Migration in India – One Year on and India Still Does Not Have a Comprehensive Policy in Place to Support the Informal Migrant Labor Population by Suresh Kumar
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