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Opinion Pieces

This section provides a curated list of opinion pieces on Covid-19, policies and programs to deal with it, and the implications for different groups in LIC’s. The materials will be updated weekly.  

Policies and programs 

  • The economic benefits of equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines by Marco Hafner, Erez Yerushalmi, Clement Fays, Eliane Dufresne, Christian Van Stolk
  • Covid-19 decision support tool for low and middle income countries by Rashid Zaman and Lisa White
  • Risks of the COVID-19 pandemic for the exercise of women’s sexual and reproductive rights by ECLAC
  • Pushing people further into poverty: the impact of Covid-19 in lower- and middle- income countries by Amanda Lenhardt
  • The impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty by  Homi Kharas
  • The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns and Expanded Social Assistance on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico by Nora Lustig, Valentina Martinez Pabon, Federico Sanz and Stephen D. Younger
  • Are warnings of a COVID-19 famine in Africa overblown? By Obi Anyadike

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Implications for labor  

  • Putting Youth Employment at the Center of Asia’s Pandemic Recovery by Helen Osborne, Paul Vandenberg, and Chris Morris
  • The labor market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius: Evidence from three rounds of high-frequency surveys by MARCO RANZANILI FA CHEUNG KAI SUET
  • A report on Asia–Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2020: Navigating the crisis towards a human-centred future of work by ILO
  • Addressing Modern Slavery Worker Vulnerability During Covid-19 by Matthew Friedman
  • Maneuvering through the Crisis: Labor Market and Social Policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic by  Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne

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Gender 

  • A technical note: Gender-Responsive Social Protection During COVID-19 by Unicef
  • Gender Inequality and the COVID-19 Crisis: A Human Development Perspective: A Human Development perspective by UNDP
  • A quiet crisis: As the economy fractures, violence soars for Afghan women by Sophie Cousins
  • COVID-19 takes a toll on women. What are governments doing? By Silke Staab, Constanza Tabbush and Laura Turquet
  • COVID-19 is stifling NGO efforts to promote gender equality when it’s most needed by Andrea ParasThe COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying by Dina Gerdeman
  • Will the Pandemic Exacerbate or Mitigate the Digital Gender Gap? By Parul Tandon & Sonal Jaitly
  • A report on COVID-19 and women migrant workers: Impacts and Implications by IOM
  • Female labor force participation in developing countries by Sher Verick
  • COVID-19 has deepened Indonesia’s gender inequality by the COVID-19 taskforce, Jakarta Post

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Children, youth and education

  • From COVID-19 learning disruption to recovery: A snapshot of UNESCO’s work in education in 2020 by UNICEF
  • Press release: Child poverty will remain above pre-COVID levels for at least five years in high-income countries  by UNICEF
  • How could COVID-19 hinder progress with Learning Poverty? Some initial simulations by JOAO PEDRO AZEVEDO
  • Lessons for education from PISA for Development during the coronavirus crisis by Andreas Schleicher, OECD
  • The costs of COVID-19 in education in Latin America. Acting now to protect the future of our children by Emanuela Di Gropello
  • A report on What Have We Learnt? Findings from a survey of ministries of education on national responses to COVID-19 by UNICE

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Refugees and migration

  • What we got wrong about COVID-19 and refugees by Jan Egeland, Secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
  • Putting migrant workers at the heart of Covid-19 recovery by KRISTIN PARCO AND GRAEME BUCKLEY
  • COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – U.N. by Emma Batha
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by  Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
  • Immigrant women are falling behind during the COVID-19 pandemic by Amrita Hari and Luciara Nardon
  • What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants and their children? By Stefano Scarpetta , Jean-Christophe Dunmont and  Thomas Liblig
  • Dispatch from a refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic by Petra Molnar and Kenya-Jade Pinto

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