COVID-19: challenging inclusive development in Africa

 

This page is dedicated to sharing knowledge on how the coronavirus pandemic and related interventions are likely to affect development programmes and the livelihoods of people in Africa.

 

 

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What about the successes? Positive lessons from Africa’s COVID response in 2020.
By Hannah Itcovitz
COVID case studies: preliminary results and comparisons
By Hannah Itcovitz
Lessons in learning: challenges and opportunities for education in a post-COVID world
By Hannah Itcovitz
COVID researchers discuss interim findings, challenges and next steps
By Hannah Itcovitz
Novissi solidarity fund: Exemplary cash transfers during Covid-19
By Hannah Itcovitz
Equity in COVID-19 mitigation and policy responses
By Anika Altaf
COVID-19 and governance in Africa: emerging issues
By Obadia Miroro and Hannah Itcovitz
Rapid evidence during COVID-19: results from the RECOVR survey in Ghana
By Hannah Itcovitz
COVID-19 as an amplifier of youth employment challenges in Africa: implications for research
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By Mylene Bordeleau +2 more
From charity to fair chances: spotlight on Social Protection during COVID-19
By Caspar Swinkels and Hannah Itcovitz
Never giving up: youth voices and participation in the time of COVID-19
By Agnieszka Kazimierczuk and Hannah Itcovitz
Hit hard but fighting back: youth during COVID-19
By Agnieszka Kazimierczuk and Hannah Itcovitz
Food security versus disease risk: how Africa is dealing with this policy conundrum
By Hannah Itcovitz
The impact of COVID-19 on agri-food systems and value chains in Ethiopia
By Hannah Itcovitz
How COVID-19 affects inequality in Africa
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By Hannah Itcovitz +3 more

Contributions by our Platform Members

COVID-19 & its impact on African economies: Q&A with Prof. Lemma Senbet
By Liben Eabisa and Lemma Senbet
Euro-African COVID-19 solidarity: the leadership
By Ton Dietz
How African economies can easily recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
By Njuguna Ndung’u

Blogs & contributions from our network

The rich people’s virus? Latest reflections from Zimbabwe
By Ian Scoones
Using mobile phone and satellite data to target emergency cash transfers
By Joshua Blumenstock
COVID-19 reaffirms the importance of good governance and effective states in Africa
By George Mukundi Wachira
Social protection in a time of COVID – 4 takeaways and 4 big gaps from a recent global discussion
By Larissa Pelham
The Effects of a Universal Basic Income During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya
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By Abhijit Banerjee +4 more
South Africa’s COVID-19 struggle: caught between kleptocrats and lockdown sceptics
By Wim Naudé and Martin Cameron
African women are leading the fight against COVID-19
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Building back better with communities at the center
By Virginia Ngindiru
Digital technology to scale Up COVID-19 social assistance: what have we learned?
By Alan Gelb and Anit Mukherjee
Nnaemeka Ugochukwu via UNSPLASH
The impact of COVID-19 laws on informal workers: a review of 51 countries
By WIEGO
Opportunities for Youth Employment: more critical than ever in the face of COVID-19 pandemic
By SNV
The Impact of COVID-19 on African Civil Society Organisations: Challenges, Responses and Opportunities
By EPIC Africa and @AfricanNGOs
Africa’s varied COVID landscapes
By Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Learning from the best: evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses
By Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare
A ‘COVID revolution’ in Africa?
By Abdourahmane Idrissa
COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to shore up incomes for informal sector workers
By Louise Fox and Landry Signé
Impact of COVID-19 on micro, small, and medium businesses in Uganda
By Corti Paul Lakuma and Nathan Sunday
Frugal Innovation during the COVID-19 crisis: Examples from East Africa
By Elsie Onsongo
A sector worth billions whose employees now lack food and jobs
By Caroline Wahome
Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
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By Melissa Hidrobo +4 more
COVID-19 prevention measures in Ethiopia: current realities and prospects
By Kaleab Baye
COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: a disaster for farmers
By Ian Scoones
Cameroon’s Anglophones between a rock and a hard place during COVID-19
By Harrison Esam Awuh
Response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia - some reflections
By Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse and Bart Minten
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