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Household wellbeing and coping strategies in Africa during COVID-19 – Findings from high frequency phone surveys

CMI Report | Dec 2020

This report provides data on household wellbeing in countries in sub-Saharan Africa following the Covid-19 pandemic. The focus is on employment and ...

wellbeing, employment, covid-19, covid, food security, income, coping mechanisms, education, health care, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, Mozambique, Niger, DRC

Supporting civil society during the Covid-19 pandemic. The potentials of online collaborations for social accountability

U4 Guide | Apr 2020

There are significant corruption risks during times of crisis. Civil society has an important role to play in ensuring funds to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Anti-corruption in Covid-19 preparedness and response. Mainstreaming integrity into pandemic plans and policies

U4 Brief | May 2020

Government pandemic response plans and policies do not give enough attention to anti-corruption and governance. Plans need to involve anti-corruption ...

COVID-19 and the urgent need to protect Sudanese women against violence

Sudan Brief | Jul 2020

Three decades of Islamist rule institutionalized a culture of violence against women in Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic and state instructed lockdown has ...

COVID-19, Coronavirus, domestic violence, pandemic, abuse, violence, Sudan

Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries

Report in External Series | Dec 2020

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are ...

COVID-19 pandemic, taxation, tax reform, domestic revenue mobilization, aid, Sub-Saharan Africa

What does COVID-19 tell us about the Peruvian health system?

Journal Article | Dec 2020

Peru seemed well placed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a country that had achieved sustained economic growth and moved towards achieving universal ...

Covid-19 and donor financing. Minimising corruption risks while ensuring efficiency

U4 Brief | Jun 2020

With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, development aid and donor agencies face new challenges. They have to deliver essential products and financial ...

Covid-19, Corruption, Aid, Multi-partner funds, Funding mechanisms

Responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic - Early Norwegian Development Aid Support

Report in External Series | Oct 2020

This report - commissioned by Norad's Evaluation Department - provides a mapping and analysis of early Norwegian development aid related to Covid-19 . ...

health, Covid 19, development aid, Norway

Corruption in the time of COVID-19: A double-threat for low income countries

U4 Brief | Mar 2020

It is critical to continue a strong stance against corrupt practices during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anti-corruption procedures and systems ...

Evaluation View: Norwegian Development Aid in the Age of the Corona

Newspaper Op-Ed | Nov 2020

How did Norwegian aid respond to the Covid-19 pandemic? Several new initiatives were launched, the aid budget was adjusted to give more emphasis to vaccines ...

Development Aid, Covid-19, Norway

Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal Article | Oct 2020

In health outcomes terms, the poorest countries stand to lose the most from these disruptions. In this paper, we make the case for a rational approach ...

¿Y la salud intercultural?: Lecciones desde la pandemia que no debemos olvidar(What about intercultural health?: Lessons from the pandemic that we should not forget, E a saúde intercultural: lições da pandemia que não devemos esquecer)

Journal Article | Nov 2020

Those of us who work in indigenous health know that it is very common for Indigenous People or peasants to be represented as guilty for their health problems. ...

Peru

Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives

Journal Article | Dec 2020

The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of ...

Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in African countries

CMI Report | Jan 2002

This desk study was commissioned by NORAD to review recent literature on socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa with ...

HIV/AIDS, Social aspects, Economic aspects, Development aid, Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Jansen Karine Aasgaard

Senior researcher

Social anthropologist focusing on medical anthropology, health and politics.

Covid-19, cash transfers, and corruption

U4 Brief | May 2020

Cash transfer programmes are being created and extended in developing countries as an economic response to Covid-19. Many donors are increasing their ...

cash transfers, covid-19, donors

Reverting five years of progress: Impact of COVID-19 on maternal mortality in Peru

CMI Brief | Jan 2021

Peru has moved back at least five years on its road to reducing maternal mortality, due to the profound impact COVID-19 has had on the capacity of health ...

pregancy, health, covid-19, South America, Peru

The local governance of COVID-19: Disease prevention and social security in rural India

Journal Article | Oct 2020

The local governance of COVID-19: Disease prevention and social security in rural India Anwesha Dutt

Emergency release of people from prison because of Covid-19. A brief analysis through an anti-corruption lens

U4 Brief | Jul 2020

Many countries are implementing emergency releases of people from prison to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Such measures, while critical to public health, ...

Covid-19, Corruption, Prison, Justice sector

« L’après-Covid-19 pourrait-il être enfin l’ère de la justice fiscale et sociale dans le monde ? »

Newspaper Op-Ed | Jan 2020

« L’après-Covid-19 pourrait-il être enfin l’ère de la justice fiscale et sociale dans le monde ? » S

Covid-19, Tax evasion