<p>In order to understand the real-time impact of the pandemic on vulnerable households in Bangladesh, Innovations for Poverty Action, in partnership with the Underprivileged Children’s Education Programme (UCEP), conducted a two-round survey across Bangladesh in July and December 2020, to provide a detailed look into households’ well-being at two distinct points in the pandemic.</p>

<p>This study uses a cluster-level randomized controlled trial to evaluate the causal impact of the VEA program across 332 rural villages.VEA is a national community-led water, sanitation, and hygeine program in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Although VEA has been operational since 2008, the study focused on more recent activities; as the program was implemented in these villages in the later phase of the program (throughout 2019).</p>

<p>The nationwide lockdown announced by the Indian government on March 24, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 has had a tremendous effect&nbsp;on the Indian economy.Labor migrants are among the most affected: usually employed in informal, low-paid jobs, they are now without work, with no social protection, no assistance from previous employers, and no network to fall back to in their 'host’ states. Researchers assessed&nbsp;the short and long-term effects&nbsp;of the lockdown on labor migrants from Bihar and Jharkhand.This project focuses&nbsp;on labor migrants under the&nbsp;Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana&nbsp;(DDU-GKY), one of India’s most prominent skills and job creation schemes.</p>