Many developing countries do not have sufficient financial, monetary, and social instruments for the necessary immediate and long-term responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This project will undertake research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of vulnerable populations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia.
This project aims to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national economies and determine the effectiveness of current and potential policy responses in 11 developing countries around the world.
For many people around the world, digital technologies have enabled the continuation of work, education, and communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This project focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on the livelihoods and health of poor workers, especially women, in the informal economy.
Approximately 67% of urban populations in Nigeria live in informal settlements and are caught in a poverty trap characterized by marginalization and insecurity.
Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases.
Tobacco is a significant contributor to the rising global burden of non-communicable diseases.
Over the past few years, large-scale acquisitions (purchases, leases, or other arrangements) of farmland in developing countries by individuals, corporations, and foreign governments have presented both economic opportunities and threats to tradit
For megacities located in low-lying coastal areas, the threat of climate change is an added stressor to rapid population growth, as well as economic, social, health and cultural challenges.