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Multiple Crises, Coping Strategies, and their Longer-Term Impacts

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The multiple economic shocks during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in an estimated 1.6 million people falling into poverty in Bangladesh, especially in urban low-income areas, and for women, marginalised groups and those working in the informal sector. Four years later, recovery has been slow.

Protest Event Analysis: Grievances, Triggers, and Strategies in Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Protests are a feature of both democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, protests in non-democratic regimes have received insufficient academic attention. The nature of protest grievances, strategies, and tactics have been little studied in authoritarian and hybrid regimes. Additionally, triggers of protests are themselves an under-theorised concept.

Digitalisation of State Services in Bangladesh

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This report examines digital innovations across essential public services in Bangladesh, particularly those spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Innovations and Challenges in Crisis Contexts: Bangladesh’s Social Protection Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Many countries around the world introduced new social protection measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Bangladesh, innovations included emergency schemes such as cash support for informal workers and digital methods of delivery. However, for many people, the government safety net packages were unavailable to them, or they were ashamed to make a claim, or it was not enough to meet their basic needs.

Insights for Influence: Understanding Impact Pathways in Crisis Response

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This report presents an overview of impact pathways from a selection of the Covid-19 Responses for Equity projects, chosen to represent the diversity of approaches to engage policymakers, civil society, and the media to generate and share evidence of the effect of the pandemic on diverse vulnerable groups.

COVID-19 and Informal Workers in Asian Cities: Impact, Response, and Implications for Urban Recovery

As COVID-19 took hold across borders in 2020 and 2021, more than 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated by the United Nations to...

Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

  CPAN’s Chronic Poverty Report 2023: Pandemic Poverty produced by the IDS-hosted Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN), provides...

Pathways to Equitable Food Systems

Published by: IDS

Globally, our food systems are highly inequitable. In a world with enough food, hunger is becoming normalised for large numbers of...