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Afghanistan

• Blog

  • Multi-modal TVET delivery during COVID-19: Expanding access to continued learning in Afghanistan | 01 September 2020 | The World Bank 

  • Mitigating the poverty implications of COVID-19 in Afghanistan | 16 August 2020 | The World Bank

• Brief

  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Afghanistan | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 

  • The Assessment of Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Most Vulnerable Families of Afghanistan | 23 August 2020 | World Vision 
  • Afghanistan Food Security Outlook - June 2020 to January 2021 | 01 July 2020 | Famine Early Warning System Network 
  • Afghanistan: Community-based Protection Response Snapshot (January - May 2020) | 01 July 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

  • Leave No One Behind: Including Women in the Afghan Transition | 11 June 2020 | Jinnah Institute

• Government Information 

  • Press Realease | April 2020 | Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations

• ​News Article

  • United Kingdom contributes £15 million to help Afghan families get through winter and cope with Covid-19 | 24 November 2020 | World Food Programme

  • ​Pandemic threatens Afghanistan’s health system, economy, and peace process, UNDP study finds | 18 June 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

  • Afghanistan’s surging unemployment triggered by Coronavirus outbreak | 18 April 2020 | Ariana News

• Report

  • Afghanistan Coronavirus Socio-Economic Impact Assessment | 22 July 2020 | United Nations Development Programme 
  • Afghanistan: COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Response - Operational Situation Report | 08 July 2020| United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • Humanitarian Response Plan - Afghanistan 2018-2021 (June 2020 Revision) | June 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
     

Bangladesh

• Blog 

  • Survey: A major food transfer program in Bangladesh fell short during the COVID-19 pandemic | 27 April 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Cash transfers to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic | 01 September 2020 | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee 
  • The labour market implications of COVID-19 for Bangladeshi women | July 2020 | United Nations University 
  • Enhancing Household Food Security in a Pandemic: Policy Options for Rice Markets and Safety Nets in Bangladesh | 25 June 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • DBT Proves an Efficient Channel in Disbursing COVID Relief | 15 June 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Manoshi: Ensuring maternal care in a pandemic | 14 May 2020 | Building Resources Across Communities

  • Tackling coronavirus-induced poverty escalation: Insights from Khaddo Bandhob Program in Bangladesh | 14 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Distributing relief in a pandemic: Lessons learned about digital cash transfers during COVID-19 | 14 May 2020 | Building Resources Across Communities

  • How decline in demand for apparel affects poor women in Bangladesh | 13 May 2020 | The World Bank

  • Bangladesh - COVID-19: corona testing kits and food distribution | 09 April 2020 | Asia Network on the Right to Social Protection

  • Meeting Basic Needs of the World’s Poorest During a Time of Crisis: Part I | 06 April 2020 | BRAC

  • How BRAC Microfinance is responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh | 05 April 2020 | BRAC

• Brief

  • Did prior receipt of nutrition-sensitive social protection build resilience to COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh? | December | Akhter U. Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, John F. Hoddinott, Wahid Quabili, Shalini Roy 

  • Towards shock-responsive social protection systems: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Bangladesh - Policy Brief | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Oxford Policy Management 

  • Public food transfers during a pandemic: Insights from Bangladesh | February 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute 

  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Bangladesh | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 

  • Alternative Care during Covid-19 – Interim Guidance Note | 20 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • WFP- COVID-19 - Support to the Host Community | 20 May 2020 | World Food Programme

  • The political economy of the stimulus package for COVID-19 induced economic crisis in Bangladesh | 01 May 2020 | South Asian Network on Economic Modeling

  • Cox's Bazar WASH Sector technical guidance on accountability in distribution procedures for COVID-19 response - v. 01 | 27 April 2020 | Cox's Bazar WASH Sector

• News Article 

  • India announces welfare program for kids orphaned by COVID-19 | 30 May 2022 | Arab News 

  • $250 Million ADB Loan to Support Bangladesh Social Resilience Program | 18 June 2021 | Asian Development Bank 

  • Bangladesh expands social protection plan to shake off pandemic effects | 03 June 2021 | bdnews24.com 

  • Budgeting to make a difference | 17 May 2021 | The Daily Star 

  • EU grants 113 million euros in COVID-19 aid for Bangladeshi garment workers | 11 December 2020 | Reuters

  • Casual labourers in Bangladesh to benefit from newly launched flood insurance scheme | 03 August 2020 | World Food Programme

  • Covid-19 impacts may double poverty in Bangladesh, says think tank | 01 May 2020 | The Business Standard 

  • How hard will the poor be hit? | 27 April 2020 | The Daily Star

  • Migrants’ organisation urges PM for safety net programme | 27 April 2020 | The Daily Star

  • Social protection initiatives scanty in Bangladesh | 27 April 2020 | The Daily Star

  • Bangladesh Must Ramp Up COVID-19 Action to Protect its People, Revive Economy | 12 April 2020 | The World Bank

  • Bangladesh’s COVID-19 stimulus: Leaving the most vulnerable behind | 08 April 2020 | Atlantic Council

  • UNDP provides $1.5m to help the urban poor stay home | 07 April 2020 | The Daily Star

• Op-Ed

  • For many in Bangladesh, staying home isn’t an option | 05 June 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund

  • A wake-up call for universal social protection | 18 May 2020 | The Daily Star

  • Four key areas that need urgent attention | 07 May 2020 | The Daily Star

  • How can we find out who to give rice to? | 23 April 2020 | Dhaka Tribune

• Report

  • Addressing Covid-19's uneven impacts on vulnerable populations in Bangladesh: The case for shock-responsive social protection | 27 September 2021 | UNDP

  • Tackling the COVID-19 social and economic crisis in Bangladesh: Providing universal, lifecycle social security transfers to protect lives and bolster economic recovery | June 2021 | United Nations Children's Fund, Development Pathways, General Economics Division of the Bangladesh Planning Commission 

  • Safety Net and Pandemic: The State of SocialBenefit Payments during COVID-19 | April 2021 | Innovations for Poverty Action

  • Towards shock-responsive social protection systems: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Bangladesh- Estimates from the microsimulation | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Oxford Policy Management 

  • Immediate Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19 | 31 August 2020 | United Nations Bangladesh
     

Buthan

• Blog

  • Increasing resilience of vulnerable women to COVID-19 impacts | 28 August 2020 | United Nations Development Programme 

• Brief

  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Bhutan | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 

• News Article 

  • UNHCR provide Emergency Covid-19 Cash Assistance to the Host Community of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh | 15 September 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

  • Press Release on The Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu | 30 April 2020 | Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu website

  • Stockpiling fuel and essential items begins | 13 April 2020 | Kuensel Online

• Website

  • Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu | Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu
     

India

• Blog 

  • COVID-19 has devastated India's self-employed women. Here's how to support them.  | 16 June 2021 | World Economic Forum 
  • Making India’s Social Protection Shock Responsive: Lessons from PDS amid COVID-19 | 11 May 2021 | Rituparna Sanyal
  • Making India’s Social Protection Gender Responsive: Opportunities for a post COVID-19 world | 05 April 2021 | Shraddha Shrivastava
  • India: Rural women go digital to manage the pandemic’s disruptions | 10 February 2021 | The World Bank
  • How has NREGA fared during lockdown? | 19 November 2020 | India Development Review 
  • Where are Welfare Transfers Failing? Understanding the access to PMGKY | 17 August 2020 | Dvara Research 
  • Costing Health Services in India—Incremental Steps Towards More Transparent Decision-Making | 09 July 2020 | Center for Global Development 
  • How COVID-19 may affect household expenditures in India: Unemployment shock, Household Consumption, and Transient Poverty | 02 July 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Every Little Step Helps: How SHGs are stepping up to provide relief in times of COVID-19 | 10 June 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • COVID-19 Response Underlines the Need for Portable Social Protection Programs | 05 June 2020 | Center for Global Development 
  • Nourishing children and adolescents in India: How is India’s mega school meal program coping with COVID-19? | 01 June 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • The Great Indian Lockdown: Operational challenges and price increase in urban food markets | 27 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Coronavirus disruptions across agriculture sector, despite ‘essential’ status of food services in India | 25 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Protecting India’s health and nutrition programs amidst COVID-19 pandemic | 20 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • COVID-19: India’s response and diets of rural poor | 18 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • COVID-19 Reveals Deep Vulnerabilities in India’s Labour | 17 April 2020 | Oxfam India

  • India - COVID-19: social protection for all informal workers | 09 April 2020 | Asia Network on the Right to Social Protection

  • How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown | 06 April 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • India to Pay $22 Billion to Feed Poor Affected by Coronavirus | 26 March 2020 | VOA

• Brief

  • Role of cash transfers in mitigating food insecurity in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in the Bihar state | 6 Jun 2022 | Sanchit Makkar, Jawahar Ramasamy Manivannan, Sumathi Swaminathan, Sandra M Travasso, Anjaly Teresa John, Patrick Webb, Anura V Kurpad, Tinku Thomas 
  • Urban Exclusion: Rethinking Social Protection in the Wake of the Pandemic in India | Mar 2022 | National Council of Applied Economic Research, NCAER 
  • Vulnerabilities of the Rural Poor in India during pandemic COVID-19: Social Work perspective for designing sustainable emergency response | 10 July 2021 | Subhasis Bhadra
  • City of dreams no more, a year on: worklessness and active labour market policies in urban India | July 2021 | London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Supporting efforts to address malnutrition in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: An emergency need | June 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute 
  • Digital Cash Transfers for Stranded Migrants Lessons from Bihar’s COVID-19 Assistance Program  | October 2020 | Center for Global Development 
  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: India | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 
  • WFP India - COVID-19 Situation Report no. 1 | 27 August 2020 | World Food Programme 
  • Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic | July 2020 | The National Bureau of Economic Research
  • COVID-19’s Disruption of India’s Transformed Food Supply Chains | 02 May 2020 | Economic & Political Weekly
  • COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Asia: The case of India | April 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
  • Civil society support to COVID-19 affected families: outreach and resourcing in the second wave| July 2021 |Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Muskan Chawla, S Ram Aravind, Yashvi Sharma

• Government Information 

  • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Progress so far | 13 April 2020 | Ministry of Finance - Press Information Bureau

  • Finance Minister announces Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus | 26 March 2020 | Press Information Bureau Government of India

• News Article 

  • Covid-19 pandemic underscores role of MGNREGA as safety net despite shortcomings: Study | 14 October 2022 | The Indian Express
  • Delhi govt launches social security scheme for Covid-19 affected families | 6 July 2021 | The Times of India
  • Time for India to rethink health insurance as Covid rips apart safety nets | 10 May 2021 | Business Standard 
  • Covid-19 Second Wave: Food, Cash Transfers First Line Of Defencet | 03 May 2021 | Bloomberg Quint
  • UNDP supports the REVIVE Alliance to restore livelihoods across India | 02 March 2021 | The Corporate Social Responsibility Journal 
  • Job creation, protection and equality: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic | 27 January 2021 | Observer Research Foundation 
  • World Bank Signs $400 Million Project to Protect India’s Poor and Vulnerable from the Impact of COVID-19 | 16 December 2020 | The World Bank
  • Govt may extend free foodgrain scheme and cash transfer plan for women | 11 November 2020 | The Telegraph Online 
  • Help for India's poor in the corona crisis | 21 August 2020 | German Development Bank
  • Demand for speedy passage of Social Security Bill gains steam | 26 June 2020 | LiveMint
  • Committee recommends price capping for Covid-19 treatment in Delhi's Private Hospitals | 19 June 2020 | All India Radio
  • UP govt prepares action plan to provide 10 lakh jobs in next six months | 11 June 2020 | All India Radio News
  • Coronavirus pandemic underscores necessity to prioritise needs of poor via technology, says India at UN | 05 June 2020 | Business Today
  • COVID-19: Urgent help for India’s forgotten migrant workers must follow Supreme Court ruling, say UN experts | 04 June 2020 | United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
  • India must follow Supreme Court orders to protect 100 million migrant workers: UN rights experts | 04 June 2020 | United Nations News

  • Covid effect: Social security cover for migrant workers on cards | 31 May 2020 | Financial Express

  • 200 Million Ration Card Holders Did Not Get Grain Under PM Garib Kalyan in April | 07 May 2020 | The Wire

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced big relief on Tax and GST filing date: Coronavirus effect on Indian economy | Scroob

  • 1.6 billion workers in informal sector likely to lose jobs: UN labour body | 30 April 2020 | The Hindu Business Line

  • Asian Development Bank approves $1.5 billion loan to India to fight Covid-19 | 28 April 2020 | Times of India

  • Covid-19: India to provide additional relief, economic stimulus soon, says FM | 17 April 2020 | live mint

  • Covid-19 crisis and India's ration story: Mounting stocks and hungry mouths | 16 April 2020 | Business Standard

  • 100 million Indians fall through gaps in food safety net, economists urge rethink on Covid-19 relief | 15 April 2020 | Scroll.in

  • A Billion In Lockdown: What COVID-19 Means For India’s Women Informal Workers | 15 April 2020 | International Policy Digest

  • In India, women’s self-help groups combat the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic | 11 April 2020 | The World Bank

  • Project Signing: World Bank & Government of India Sign Agreement for Immediate Deployment of $1 Billion Emergency Funds to Tackle COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak | 03 April 2020 | World Bank

  • India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Leaves Vast Numbers Stranded and Hungry | 29 March 2020 | The New York Times

• Multimedia

  • Inclusive growth dividend: Reframing the role of income transfers in India | 15 July 2020 | VoxDev 

• Op-Ed 

  • Children, Covid and a broken Child Welfare system in India | 28 June 2021 | Institute of Development Studies 
  • Covid is an opportunity to make structural changes to our largest health insurance and pension schemes | 21 April 2021 | The Indian Express 
  • It’s time for India to ensure ‘Universal Basic Income’ and help those who have too little | 29 March 2021 | National Herald
  • Creating an inclusive welfare architecture | 18 November 2020 | Hindustan Times
  • Opinion: Philanthropy’s distinct role in India’s COVID-19 response | 16 July 2020 | Devex 
  • Rajasthan: How a Small Labour Union Helped Domestic Workers Tide Over the Lockdown | 16 June 2020 | The Wire
  • A post-Covid-19 social protection architecture for India | 11 June 2020 | Hindustan Times
  • Livelihoods, workers, and COVID-19 in India: Did India’s lockdown jump the gun? | 28 May 2020 | Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
  • The Modi Sarkar’s Project for India’s Informal Economy | 20 May 2020 | The Wire
  • Protecting informal workers in urban India: The need for a universal job guarantee | 02 May 2020 | VOX CEPR Policy Portal

  • How the Indian state of Kerala flattened the coronavirus curve | 21 April 2020 | The Guardian

  • India’s lockdown | 08 April 2020 | VOX CEPR Policy Portal

• Report
  • Employment guarantee during Covid-19: Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown | October 2022 | Azim Premji University [New]
  • Food Security Response During Covid-19 and PDS Best Practises in some States/Union Territories | November 2021 | World Food Programme
  • Social Assistance and Information in the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from a Household Survey in India | 22 July 2021 | Center for Global Development 
  • Intent to Implementation : Tracking India's Social Protection Response to COVID-19 | 01 June 2021 | World Bank 
  • Situation analysis on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on enterprises and workers in the formal and informal economy in India | 03 June 2021 | International Labour Organization
  • India's COVID-19 social assistance package and its impact on the agriculture sector | April 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute 
  • Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Pakistan: Estimate from the microsimulation | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Maintains, Oxford Policy Management 
  • India’s Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Temporary Relief in a Rigid Welfare Landscape | January 2021 | German Research Foundation 
  • Joint Rapid Needs Assessment in Odisha, India - A Detailed Analysis of Food and Nutrition Sector during COVID-19 | 19 June 2020 | Inter-Agency Group Odisha, United Nations World Food Programme India
  • India´s Lockdown: An Interim Report | 20 May 2020 | National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Inequality Report 2021: India’s Unequal Healthcare Story | July 2021 | Oxfam India

Maldivas

• Brief
  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Maldives | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 
• Report
  • COVID-19 Socio-economic response and recovery framework | August 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group 
     

Nepal

• Blog 

  • Ensuring a Resilient and Inclusive COVID-19 Recovery in Nepal | November 2021 | The World Bank 
  • Adapting a large multi-sectoral nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic: The story of Suaahara II from Nepal | 20 July 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute 

  • Mitigating long-term impacts of COVID-19 by strengthening social justice in access to WASH and health services: Insights from Nepal | 06 July 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute 

  • Nepal’s predicament: Delay in fertilizer imports and its implications on upcoming paddy season | 28 May 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Nepal - COVID-19: Workers getting protection | 09 April 2020 | Asia Network on the Right to Social Protection

• ​Brief

  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Nepal | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 

  • Post Distribution Monitoring of 30 days COVID-19 Response | June 2020 | World Vision 

  • ​Nepal COVID-19 Food Security & Vulnerability Update 3 | 06 May 2020 | Government of Nepal, World Food Programme

  • Covid19: Nepal Response Situation Report No. III | April 2020 | DanChurchAid - ActAlliance

• News Article

  • 5 Adaptive Measures for Projects during COVID-19 Crisis in Nepal | 30 June 2020 | Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation

  • Three in every five employees lost their jobs in Nepal due to COVID-19 crisis | 17 May 2020 | My República

  • Nepal extends coronavirus lockdown until May 18 | 06 May 2020 | Anadolu Agency

  • Battling malnutrition amidst COVID-19 | 06 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Pakistan

• Blog

  • The dangers of not knowing enough about COVID-19’s impact on women in Pakistan | 08 July 2020 | International Growth Centre

  • Is COVID-19 Pakistan’s Black Swan Event for Digital Payments? | May 2020 | Center for Global Development

  • Social Protection and COVID-19 | May 2020 | Jinnah Institute

  • Immediate relief for Pakistan’s pandemic-stricken poor | 04 May 2020 | The World Bank

• Brief

  • Policy Brief: Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Pakistan | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Oxford Policy Management

  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Pakistan | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

  • Women’s Access to Cash Transfers in Light of COVID-19: The Case of Pakistan | 30 June 2020 | Center for Global Development 

  • Pakistan - Who is doing what and where (4W matrix) - Jan to June 2020 | 24 June 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 

  • Pakistan: COVID-19 – Situation Report (As of 09 June 2020) | 09 June 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • Farthest Field: Women and COVID-19 | 01 June 2020 | Jinnah Institute

  • Pakistan: COVID-19 – Situation Report (As of 28 May 2020) | 28 May 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

• Government Information

  • Ehsaas Program introduces supplementary payment solution for beneficiaries | 4 June 2020 | Radio Pakistan - Government of Pakistan

• News Article 

  • Covid exposes weaknesses in social protection system | 13 October 2021 | The Express Tribune

  • Social Security Coordination Forum calls for social security extension to workers in the informal economy | 02 Aug 2021 | International Labour Organization

  • How Pakistan tackled its largest-ever social-protection crisis | 29 April 2021 | McKinsey & Company

  • $600m WB loan sought for hybrid social protection scheme | 11 January 2021 | Dawn

  • Govt set to launch crisis-resilient protection programme | 14 December 2020 | Dawn

  • ‘Missing’ middle section of society to get social protection | 10 August 2020 | Dawn 

  • COVID-19: Pakistan's 'Green Stimulus' scheme is a win-win for the Environment and the unemployed | 30 April 2020 | World Economic Forum 

  • Rs6.7b distributed under Ehsaas Kafalat scheme in Punjab | 13 April 2020 | The Express Tribune

  • Pakistan Launches Relief Program for Families Suffering From COVID-19 Shutdown | 10 April 2020 | Voa News

  • Pakistan rolls out largest social assistance program in nation's history to tackle Covid-19 | 09 April 2020 | CNN
  • Ehsaas mechanism: Will it work? | 08 April 2020 | Business Recorder

• Op-Ed 

  • Is Covid-19 a turning point in social protection? | 17 May 2021 | The Nation 

  • How Cash Transfers Prevent Lockdown Tragedies | 19 August 2020 | Project Syndicate 

  • COVID-19 and the pursuit of financial inclusion in Pakistan | 03 June 2020 | World Economic Forum

  • Crises, technology and social protection | 11 April 2020 | Dawn

• ​Report

  • Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Pakistan | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Maintains, Oxford Policy Management 

  • Covid-19 & The New Normal for Women in the Economy in Pakistan | 08 March 2021 | The Asia Foundation, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs ​

  • Employment-Intensive public works (EIPWs) to create employment | 08 February 2021 | International Labour Organization

  • Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan For COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 | 22 May 2020 | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • Pakistan: COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report No. 6 | 08 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Sri Lanka

• Blog
  • Four Priorities to Accelerate Economic Transformation and Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka | 17 October 2021 | World Bank
  • In Sri Lanka Cash Transfers Give Essential Support to People Hit Hardest by COVID-19 | 11 July 2021 | World Bank
  • Protecting People and the Economy from the worst and the role of emergency, universal lifecycle transfers – a “could be” story from Sri Lanka | 13 November 2020 | Development Pathways
  • Repatriation and Replacement of Lost Foreign Jobs: Handling Labour Migration in Sri Lanka during COVID-19 | 14 May 2020 | Talking Economics
• Brief
  • COVID-19, Poverty and Sri Lanka’s Social Protection Response | 19 November 2021 | Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
  • COVID-19 Impact on Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sri Lanka | March 2021 | Asian Development Bank 
  • COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Sri Lanka | 09 September 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 
  • Tackling the COVID-19 economic crisis in Sri Lanka: Providing universal, lifecycle social protection transfers to protect lives and bolster economic recovery | June 2020 | United Nations Sri Lanka
• News Article
  • Sri Lanka can benefit from the pandemic experience to craft a comprehensive social protection strategy | 16 July 2021 | World Bank
  • Harnessing social protection during pandemics | 06 December 2020 | Sunday Observer
  • WFP and the Government of Australia help provide take-home rations to 80,000 children | 17 July 2020 | World Food Programme 
  • Sri Lanka Embassy distributes support kits to the needy Sri Lankan expatriates in Doha | 23 June 2020 | News.lk
  • Foreign Ministry dispatches essential items to the most vulnerable Sri Lankans in the Maldives | 10 June 2020 | news.lk
  • 1. #SriLanka has been successful in its fight against #COVID19 w/ only 9 deaths and 1,027 cases confirmed as of 18 May. | 22 May 2020 | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth
  • 7.4 million to receive Rs. 5000 allowance in April - Min. Bandula Gunawardhena | 14 May 2020 | News.nl
  • Covid-19 Would Undoubtedly Be a Turning Point | 14 May 2020 | Magzter 
• Report
  • UN Advisory Paper: Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 in Sri Lanka | July 2020 | United Nations
  • Investing in the future: A universal benefit for Sri Lanka’s children | February 2020 | Development Pathways and United Nations Children's Fund
     

Regional

• Blog 

  • Six reasons why remittances soared in South Asia during COVID-19 | 13 July 2021 | World Bank

  • COVID-19 has worsened the woes of South Asia's informal sector | 07 December 2020 | The World Bank

  • UNICEF and IPC-IG paper series on Regular Social Protection Landscapes in South Asia | 09 September 2020 | Abdul Alim (UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia), Fabio Veras, Rafael Osório and Pedro Arruda (IPC-IG)  

  • Nutrition program adaptations and implementation science during COVID-19: The case of South Asia | 16 July 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Protecting South Asia’s poor and vulnerable against COVID-19 | 02 July 2020 | The World Bank 

  • Protecting The Most Vulnerable Amidst COVID-19 And Cyclone Amphan | 27 May 2020 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

  • Responding to the impacts of COVID-19 on informal workers in South Asia | 13 May 2020 | International Growth Centre

  • Ensuring food security and nutrition in South Asia during COVID-19 | 05 May 2020 | The World Bank

  • Amid COVID-19, the time to act is now to protect food security | April 2020 | Asia Development Blog

  • Using What You Have to Scale up Payments for COVID Response: Early Indications from South Asia | 24 April 2020 | Center for Global Development

  • The economic impact of COVID-19 on South Asia: 3 Visuals | 16 April 2020 | World Bank Blogs

  • COVID-19 will hit South Asia hard. We are fighting back | 02 April 2020 | World Bank Blogs

• Brief 

  • Taking a Disability-Inclusive Approach to Pandemic Responses | March 2021 | Institute of Development Studies 

  • Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia | July 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group 

  • Key Considerations for COVID-19 Management in Marginalised Populations in Southeast Asia: Transnational Migrants, Informal Workers, and People Living in Informal Settlements | 22 May 2020 | Institute of Development Studies

  • South Asia Economic Focus, Spring 2020 : The Cursed Blessing of Public Banks | April 2020 | World Bank

• Event

  • Informality and COVID-19 in South Asia | 09-10 September 2020 | The World Bank 

• News Article 

  • Micro, Small, and Medium Businesses and Farmers Benefit from More Than Half a Billion Dollars in COVID-19 Support in Asia-Pacific Region | 24 August 2020 | International Finance Corporation

  • Nearly 22 million children in South Asia miss out on early education in critical pre-school year due to COVID-19 - UNICEF | 22 July 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund 

  • 2020 Global Food Policy Report Launch: Building Inclusive Food Systems | 06 July 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute

  • Cyclone Amphan: Fears for Children and Families in Low-Lying Areas as Strong Winds, Storm Surge and Flooding Expected in India and Bangladesh | 20 May 2020 | Save the Children

  • Pakistan, India 'plan to restart some economic activity' during coronavirus lockdown | 13 April 2020 | The Express Tribune

  • South Asia Must Ramp Up COVID-19 Action to Protect People, Revive Economies | 12 April 2020 | The World Bank

  • COVID-19 Response: SEWA Cooperative Federation on health, livelihood and social protection strategies for immediate and long-term relief among informal women workers | 29 March 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • UP to compensate daily earners for livelihood loss due to Covid-19 | 17 March 2020 | Business Standard

• ​Op-Ed​

  • A Crisis Waiting to Happen: Unemployment and Informality in Southeast Asia During COVID | 19 January 2021 | The Diplomat 
  • COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children | 23 June 2020 | United Nations
  • A Tale of Two COVID-19 Responses | 17 June 2020 | Project Syndicate
  • In the Covid pandemic how do children who work in the streets survive? | 06 May 2020 | Institute of Development Studies
  • View: Proposals to drive the recovery in South Asia | 25 April 2020 | The Economic Times
• Report
  • Universal Child Benefits: Transforming the lives of children across South Asia | March 2021 | United Nations Children's Fund 
  • Addressing the economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in South Asia through universal lifecycle transfers | August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
  • Protecting the most vulnerable to cascading risks from climate extremes and the COVID-19 in South Asia | June 2020 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
  • Lives Upended: How COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South Asian children | June 2020 | United Nations Chindren's Fund
  • COVID-19 and South Asia: National Strategies and Subregional Cooperation for Accelerating Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Recovery | 25 June 2020 | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Impact of COVID-19 on child labour in South Asia | 08 June 2020 | Institute of Development Studies 
  • Emergency Universal Child benefits: Addressing the Social and Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia | May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund 
  • Addressing the COVID-19 economic crisis in Asia through social protection | May 2020 | United Nations Development Programme
  • UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia COVID-19 Situation Report No. 10 for May 07 – 13 | 13 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
  • UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia COVID-19 Situation Report No. 9 | 06 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
  • UNICEF in South Asia: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 8 | 01 May 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
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• Statement
  • Unprecedented stress on the most advanced health-care systems. Extreme strain on major economies and financial markets. A global shutdown such as the world has never seen before. | 23 April 2020 | International Committee of the Red Cross 
     
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