RECOVR Research Projects

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This page lists research projects that are being developed by IPA and others. Our goal is to document active studies taking place on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts—and results, as they come in—in order to inform researchers and decision-makers working to mitigate the crisis. As this is a public good, the hub contains both IPA and non-IPA studies. Inclusion criteria for the hub can be found here, and new projects and questionnaires can be submitted here.

Contributing Partners

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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
BRAC Institute of Governance & Development
Center for Effective Global Action
Center for Global Development
Global Poverty Research Lab
IDinsight
International Growth Centre
Yale Research Initiative on Innovative & Scale

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Balancing Work and Childcare: Evidence from COVID-19 Related School Closures in Kenya

<p>This project explores changes in childcare responsibilities as a possible channel through which the COVID-19 crisis has affected women’s labor.We use COVID-19 school closure policies in Kenya as an exogenous shock to estimate the impact of changes in household childcare needs on adults' labor, leveraging the partial school reopening of schools for students sitting national exams only for identification.Having a child eligible to return increases adults' labor supply, with gains concentrated in household agriculture hours.</p>
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Country Kenya
Program Area Entrepreneurship & Private Sector Development
Type

Randomized Evaluation

Economic Research Forum COVID-19 MENA Monitor

<p>The project aims to answer pressing questions regarding the impact of COVID-19 on people’s lives and firms' behavior in the Middle East and North Africa, and shed light on coping mechanisms and policy responses.The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is conducting a series of short panel phone surveys (the COVID-19 MENA Monitor) to monitor the effect of the crisis on households, workers, and micro and small enterprises.The short phone survey includes an economic impact questionnaire, with a household module as well as worker, enterprise, and farmer impact modules.</p>
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Country Egypt Jordan Morocco
Program Area Agriculture Education Entrepreneurship & Private Sector Development Social Protection
Type

Descriptive / Surveillance

Safety Nets and the Pandemic: The State of Social Benefit Payments during COVID-19 in Bangladesh

<p>From April-May 2020, researchers surveyed 7,338 beneficiaries of two government safety-net transfer programs in Bangladesh – the Old Age Allowance and the Widow Allowance – supported under the Department of Social Services.The survey took place during the government-mandated lockdown period to control the spread of the coronavirus.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;analysis suggests that beneficiaries of these programs suffered significantly during the COVID-19 induced mobility restrictions, with 51% of&nbsp;respondents forced to reduce medication consumption and 22% forced to reduce food consumption (based on a one-week recall period of the rapid phone survey).</p>
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Country Bangladesh
Program Area Financial Inclusion Social Protection
Type

Descriptive / Surveillance

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