PEP Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As governments around the world react to the Covid-19 crisis, high-quality evidence is needed to understand its evolving health, economic and social effects and how mitigation policies can be most effective. PEP is contributing to the research on effects of the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries through several initiatives, as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under its Rapid Response initiative, PEP is supporting seven projects (listed below) to inform inclusive adaption and recovery policies responding to the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries. Senior PEP-affiliated researchers, including members of the Scientific Support Teams and Research Fellows, are undertaking projects in Brazil, Ethiopia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Senegal (two projects), and South Africa.
PEP is supporting a further 11 research projects on COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE), with funding from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and hosting online discussions relating to the policy response to the COVID-19 crisis.
The PEP-supported research teams are using a range of methodologies to understand the impacts of the pandemic and current or proposed response policies. The 7 projects supported under PEP's Rapid Response initiative have already published working papers (see below).
Projects supported under PEP's Rapid Response initiative
Seven projects, in six countries, are being supported under PEP's Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic initiative (full list below, including links to publications). A further 11 projects are being supported as part of the IDRC-funded COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) initiative.
- Effects of socioeconomic variables on Covid-19 infections and mortalities in Brazilian municipalities
Working Paper 2021-03
- COVID-19 and Food Security in Ethiopia: Do Social Protection Programs Protect?*
Working Paper 2020-23
- Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria**
Working Paper 2020-21
- Poverty during Covid-19 in North Macedonia: Analysis of the distributional impact of the crisis and government response
Working Paper 2021-01
- Analyzing the macro-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Senegal
Working Paper 2021-06
- Analyzing the macro-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Senegal through the gender lens
Working Paper 2021-02
- Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on health inequality in South Africa
Working Paper 2021-12
*Low-income economies (LIE) **Fragile or conflict-affected situations (FC)
