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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