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Read moreFears of COVID-19 transmission, along with social-distancing measures, have disrupted many important public services worldwide, both directly and indirectly. In India, Phuong Nguyen and colleagues conducted surveys to compare use of public health and nutrition services before, during and after COVID-19 lockdowns in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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In COVID-19 & Global Food Security: Two Years Later, the editors bring together contributions from new IFPRI research, blogs, and the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub to examine the pandemic’s effects on poverty, food security, nutrition, and health around the world. This volume presents key lessons learned on food security and food system resilience in 2020 and 2021 and assesses the effectiveness of policy responses to the crisis. Looking forward, the authors consider how the pandemic experience can inform both recovery and longer-term efforts to build more resilient food systems. More information
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- IFPRI's Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19, global markets and African agricultural trade: Impacts on nutrition and economic growth
- Virtual Event | COVID-19: The role of the agriculture-ecosystem health interface
- Virtual Event - COVID-19’s Short-term Impacts on Economies, Food Systems and Poverty in African an
- China Strategy Support Program Website: https://cn.ifpri.org
- Journal Article: Impact of COVID-19 on China's macroeconomy and agri-food system – an economy-wide multiplier model analysis
- Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: Estimating the impacts of expected reductions in tourism, Suez Canal revenues, and remittances
- Book Chapter: Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
- Slide Deck: COVID-19 in Egypt: Impacts on Production, Household Income & Food Systems
- Working Paper: Impact of COVID-19 on the Egyptian economy: Economic sectors, jobs, and households
- Working Paper: COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: From reopening to recovery: Alternative pathways and impacts on sectors, jobs, and households
- Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Ethiopia
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Ethiopia
- Journal Article: The short‐term economywide impacts of COVID-19 in Africa: Insights from Ethiopia
- Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Ghana
- Working Paper: The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Ghana [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Ghana
- Journal Article: The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in northern Ghana
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Honduras
- Working Paper: Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary policy implications: Interim report
- Working Paper: Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary policy implications: Second report
- Working Paper: Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and other shocks, and policy implications: Final report
- Report: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Kenya (coming soon)
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Kenya [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Kenya
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Kenya
- Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Short-term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy: Initial Results
- Slide Deck: Short-term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy, 2020-21: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis
- Working Paper: The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy, 2020–2021: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis
- Working Paper: An Update on the Short-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy, 2020-2021
- Myanmar Strategy Support Program (Myanmar SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Policy Note: Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Economy, Agri-Food Systems, Jobs & Incomes in Myanmar
- Working Paper: Maintaining food and nutrition security in Myanmar during the COVID-19 crisis: Lessons from India’s lockdown
- Working Paper: Strengthening smallholder agriculture is essential to defend food and nutrition security and rural livelihoods in Myanmar against the COVID-19 threat: Elements for a proactive response
- Working Paper: Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Nepal [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Nepal
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Dang District, Nepal
- Slide Deck: COVID-19 in Nepal: Impacts on Production, Poverty & Food Systems
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Niger
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Niger [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Niger
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in the Niger
- Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Nigeria
- Working Paper: Estimating the economic costs of COVID-19 in Nigeria
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Cross River and Kaduna states, Nigeria
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Nigeria [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Nigeria
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on women and men in Kaduna and Cross River states of Nigeria
- Book Chapter: Impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and poverty in Nigeria
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Pakistan
- Working Paper: COVID-19: Estimating impact on the economy and poverty in Pakistan: Using SAM Multiplier Model
- Pakistan Agricultural Capacity Enhancement Program (PACE) Website: Covid-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Effects of Covid-19 and Other Shocks on Papua New Guinea’s Food Economy: A Multi-Market Simulation Analysis
- Project Note/ 4-page summary: Effects of COVID-19 on Papua New Guinea’s food economy: A multi-market simulation analysis
- Video presentation: Effects of Covid-19 on Papua New Guinea's Food Economy: A Multi-Market Simulation Analysis
- Rwanda Strategy Support Program (Rwanda SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri-food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Policy Note: Synopsis: Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Senegal
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Senegal [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 | RD 4 | RD 5 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Senegal
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Senegal
- Report: Impact of COVID-19 on the South African Economy
- Journal Article: Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa
- Editorial: Who has been hit hardest by South Africa’s lockdown? We found some answers
- Working Paper: Recovering from COVID-19: Economic scenarios for South Africa
- Presentation: Recovering from COVID-19: Economic scenarios for South Africa
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- China Strategy Support Program Website: https://cn.ifpri.org
- Journal Article: Impact of COVID-19 on China's macroeconomy and agri-food system – an economy-wide multiplier model analysis
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- Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: Estimating the impacts of expected reductions in tourism, Suez Canal revenues, and remittances
- Book Chapter: Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
- Slide Deck: COVID-19 in Egypt: Impacts on Production, Household Income & Food Systems
- Working Paper: Impact of COVID-19 on the Egyptian economy: Economic sectors, jobs, and households
- Working Paper: COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: From reopening to recovery: Alternative pathways and impacts on sectors, jobs, and households
- Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Ethiopia
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Ethiopia
- Journal Article: The short‐term economywide impacts of COVID-19 in Africa: Insights from Ethiopia
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- Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Ghana
- Working Paper: The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Ghana [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Ghana
- Journal Article: The economic costs of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from a simulation exercise for Ghana
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in northern Ghana
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- Report: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Kenya (coming soon)
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Kenya [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Kenya
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Kenya
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- Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Short-term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy: Initial Results
- Slide Deck: Short-term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy, 2020-21: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis
- Working Paper: The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy, 2020–2021: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis
- Working Paper: An Update on the Short-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian Economy, 2020-2021
- Myanmar Strategy Support Program (Myanmar SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Policy Note: Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Economy, Agri-Food Systems, Jobs & Incomes in Myanmar
- Working Paper: Maintaining food and nutrition security in Myanmar during the COVID-19 crisis: Lessons from India’s lockdown
- Working Paper: Strengthening smallholder agriculture is essential to defend food and nutrition security and rural livelihoods in Myanmar against the COVID-19 threat: Elements for a proactive response
- Working Paper: Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
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- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Nepal [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Nepal
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Dang District, Nepal
- Slide Deck: COVID-19 in Nepal: Impacts on Production, Poverty & Food Systems
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Niger
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Niger [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Niger
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in the Niger
- Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Nigeria
- Working Paper: Estimating the economic costs of COVID-19 in Nigeria
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Cross River and Kaduna states, Nigeria
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Nigeria [ RD 1 | RD 2 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Nigeria
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on women and men in Kaduna and Cross River states of Nigeria
- Book Chapter: Impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and poverty in Nigeria
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- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Pakistan
- Working Paper: COVID-19: Estimating impact on the economy and poverty in Pakistan: Using SAM Multiplier Model
- Pakistan Agricultural Capacity Enhancement Program (PACE) Website: Covid-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Effects of Covid-19 and Other Shocks on Papua New Guinea’s Food Economy: A Multi-Market Simulation Analysis
- Project Note/ 4-page summary: Effects of COVID-19 on Papua New Guinea’s food economy: A multi-market simulation analysis
- Video presentation: Effects of Covid-19 on Papua New Guinea's Food Economy: A Multi-Market Simulation Analysis
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- Rwanda Strategy Support Program (Rwanda SSP) Website: COVID-19 Related Resources
- Working Paper: Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri-food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
- Policy Note: Synopsis: Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
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- Slide Deck: Impacts of COVID-19 on Production, Poverty, and Food Systems in Senegal
- Slide Deck: Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of rural households in Senegal [ RD 1 | RD 2 | RD 3 | RD 4 | RD 5 ]
- Fact Sheet: Assessing The Risk of COVID-19 In Senegal
- Fact Sheet: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Senegal
- Report: Impact of COVID-19 on the South African Economy
- Journal Article: Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa
- Editorial: Who has been hit hardest by South Africa’s lockdown? We found some answers
- Working Paper: Recovering from COVID-19: Economic scenarios for South Africa
- Presentation: Recovering from COVID-19: Economic scenarios for South Africa
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- South Asia Regional Website: South Asia Blogs and Resources on COVID-19
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- Covid 19 ၏ ြမန်မာ့စီးပွားေရးအေပ သက်ေရာက်မ များကို သုံးသပ်ြခင်း ြမန်မာ့လူမ ေရးစာရင်းကိုင် ြဖန် စီကိန်း (SAM) ေြမ ာက်ကိန်းပုံစံအား အသုံးချ ရှာေဖွသည့်နည်းလမ်းး
- COVID-19 အကျပ်အတည်းကာလအတွင်း ြမန်မာ ိုင်ငံ၏ အစားအစာ ှင်အာဟာရဖူလံုမ အေြခအေနကို ့ ထိန်းသိမ်းြခင်း အိ ိယ ိုင်ငံ၏ ပိတ်ဆိုကန ့ ်သတ်ြခင်း ့ (lockdown)မှ သင်ခန်းစာ
- 防范新冠疫情引发全球食物安全危机 (IFPRI-China)
- 防范新冠肺炎疫情对中国食物和营养安全的冲击 (IFPRI-China)
- 电商“战疫”:调查研究电商如何防疫和保障食物供应 (IFPRI-China)
- 6成企业现金流撑不过3个月:北大调研中小微企业最需要什么 (IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 网络调研准不准?新冠疫情企业调研的样本有偏性研究 (IFPRI-China, "Viltd.com" opinion)
- 北大调研复工难:生命账和经济账该怎么算?(IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 北大教授:“行政死机”再现,对口援助如何“战疫”? (IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 张晓波:疫情冲击下,企业的金融需求真相 (IFPRI-China, "Caixin," opinion)
- 疫情冲击下的中小微民营企业:困境、对策与希望 (IFPRI-China, "The Paper," opinion)
- 模型预测新冠疫情将导致全球贫困增加与食物危机
- 新冠疫情会导致食物危机吗?
- 应对全球粮食危机,出口禁令是下下策
- COVID-19: Les restrictions commerciales constituent la pire réponse possible pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire
- Dans quelle mesure la pauvreté mondiale augmentera-t-elle en raison de COVID-19?
- Comment le COVID-19 pourrait perturber les chaînes de valeur alimentaires dans les pays en développement
- Les politiques à-la-frontière mises en place contre le Covid-19 affectent le commerce africain et les populations locales
- Mali: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et le système alimentaire
- Niger: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et les systèmes alimentaires
- République Démocratique du Congo: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et le système alimentaire
- Sénégal: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et les systèmes alimentaires
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- Covid 19 ၏ ြမန်မာ့စီးပွားေရးအေပ သက်ေရာက်မ များကို သုံးသပ်ြခင်း ြမန်မာ့လူမ ေရးစာရင်းကိုင် ြဖန် စီကိန်း (SAM) ေြမ ာက်ကိန်းပုံစံအား အသုံးချ ရှာေဖွသည့်နည်းလမ်းး
- COVID-19 အကျပ်အတည်းကာလအတွင်း ြမန်မာ ိုင်ငံ၏ အစားအစာ ှင်အာဟာရဖူလံုမ အေြခအေနကို ့ ထိန်းသိမ်းြခင်း အိ ိယ ိုင်ငံ၏ ပိတ်ဆိုကန ့ ်သတ်ြခင်း ့ (lockdown)မှ သင်ခန်းစာ
Chinese
- 防范新冠疫情引发全球食物安全危机 (IFPRI-China)
- 防范新冠肺炎疫情对中国食物和营养安全的冲击 (IFPRI-China)
- 电商“战疫”:调查研究电商如何防疫和保障食物供应 (IFPRI-China)
- 6成企业现金流撑不过3个月:北大调研中小微企业最需要什么 (IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 网络调研准不准?新冠疫情企业调研的样本有偏性研究 (IFPRI-China, "Viltd.com" opinion)
- 北大调研复工难:生命账和经济账该怎么算?(IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 北大教授:“行政死机”再现,对口援助如何“战疫”? (IFPRI-China, "zhuanlan.zhihu.com" opinion)
- 张晓波:疫情冲击下,企业的金融需求真相 (IFPRI-China, "Caixin," opinion)
- 疫情冲击下的中小微民营企业:困境、对策与希望 (IFPRI-China, "The Paper," opinion)
- 模型预测新冠疫情将导致全球贫困增加与食物危机
- 新冠疫情会导致食物危机吗?
- 应对全球粮食危机,出口禁令是下下策
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- COVID-19: Les restrictions commerciales constituent la pire réponse possible pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire
- Dans quelle mesure la pauvreté mondiale augmentera-t-elle en raison de COVID-19?
- Comment le COVID-19 pourrait perturber les chaînes de valeur alimentaires dans les pays en développement
- Les politiques à-la-frontière mises en place contre le Covid-19 affectent le commerce africain et les populations locales
- Mali: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et le système alimentaire
- Niger: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et les systèmes alimentaires
- République Démocratique du Congo: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et le système alimentaire
- Sénégal: Impacts du COVID-19 sur la production, la pauvreté et les systèmes alimentaires
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Tool | 2020 Repository related to IFPRI's research with governments and local partners, to evaluate the economic costs of COVID-19 and identify investment priorities for relief and recovery.
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- CGIAR on COVID-19
- Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London Briefs : ENG | IND | ZAF
- FAO on COVID-19
- IFAD on COVID-19
- Nutrition Connect Blog Series
- OECD map of containment and support measures by country
- UNCTAD on COVID-19
- UNICEF on COVID-19
- UNECA on COVID-19
- USAID on COVID-19
- World Bank on COVID-19
- WFP on COVID-19
- WFP school feedings tracker
- WTO on COVID-19 and world trade