Angola

• Brief 

  • Impacto Socioeconómico da Pandemia Covid-19 Em Angola | April 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

• News Article 

  • Nações Unidas reprogramam 12,5 milhões de dólares para combate à pandemia em Angola | 14 April 2020 | África 21 Digital
     

Burkina Faso

• Blog
  • The virus that spurred Burkina Faso and African nations to scale up its social safety nets | 18 August 2020 | The World Bank 
• Brief
  • ​Burkina Faso: Providing cash transfers for vulnerable people living with HIV and key populations | July 2022 | 
• ​News Article
  • ​More than 3 million people facing acute food insecurity as Burkina Faso grapples with COVID-19 and conflict | 21 August 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
     

Cabo Verde

• News Article 

  • Cabo Verde: African Development Bank Group approves 30 million euros loan to fight COVID-19 | 28 May 2020 | African Development Bank Group

  • Programa de Assistência Alimentar arranca em todos os Concelhos do arquipélago | 07 April 2020 | A Semana
     

Cameroon

• Brief
  • Cameroon - Rapid evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on employment and the labour market | 11 December 2020 | International Labour Organization
• News Article
  • UNCTAD platform powers registration of over 25,000 businesses in Cameroon | 7 December 2020 | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
     

Central African Republic

• News Article
  • Japan contributes US$ 2.7 million to provide lifesaving food assistance in the Central African Republic | 26 November 2020 | World Food Programme
  • In CAR, violence against women is surging amid COVID-19 pandemic, study finds | 14 July 2020 | United Nations Development Programme
• Report
  • Témoignages clés de commerçants et bénéficiaires d’assistance monétaire | October 2020 | Ground Truth Soluitions
     

Chad

• News Article 

  • Tchad - Covid-19: les réfugiés du site de Gaoui ne sont pas oubliés | 13 April 2020 | Al Wihda News

  • Tchad Covid-19: le milieu associatif vient en aide à la population | 13 April 2020 | Al Wihda News
     

Côte d’Ivoire

• News Article  

  • IMF Executive Board Approves a US$886.2 Million Disbursement to Côte d’Ivoire to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic | 17 April 2020 | International Monetary Fund

• Report

  • Côte d’Ivoire: COVID-19 Situation Report – #17 | 28 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Brief
  • Plan de réponse avril–décembre 2020 (Atténuer l’impact de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (covid-19) sur la sécurité alimentaire) | 19 May 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization
• News Article
  • Tackling COVID-19 (Coronavirus) with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in DRC | 20 April 2020 | World Bank
     

Equatorial Guinea

• ​News Article
  • IMF Executive Board Approves US$67.38 Million in Emergency Support to Equatorial Guinea to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic and Accidental Explosions | 15 September 2021 | IMF
• Report
  • Equatorial Guinea: COVID-19 Situation Report – #10 | 26 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Ethiopia

• Blog
  • Social assistance in Ethiopia during COVID-19 | 28 May 2021 | Brookings 
  • Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurity | 28 January 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute
  • Pass-through shocks and income: The impact of COVID-19 on remittances in Ethiopia | 10 July 2020 | International Growth Centre
• Brief

  • COVID-19 and social policy in contexts of existing inequality: experiences of youth with disabilities in Ethiopia and Jordan | 22 Jun 2022 | Kate Pincock, Nicola Jones, Kifah Baniodeh, Abreham Iyasu, Fitsum Workneh and Workneh Yadete 

  • Policy Brief: Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Ethiopia | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Oxford Policy Management 
  • Tackling Covid-19 and Building Back Better: The Case of Ethiopia | March 2021 | Institute of Development Studies 
• Op-Ed
  • Rethinking nutrition governance in Ethiopia in the light of Covid-19 | 22 May 2020 | Institute of Development Studies
• News Article
  • Ethiopia: African Development Fund approves $165 million grant for national COVID-19 emergency response | 03 July 2020 | African Development Bank Group 
• Report
  • Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Ethiopia | March 2021 | UK Department for International Development, Oxford Policy Management
  • COVID-19 and food security in Ethiopia: Do social protection programs protect? | November 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
     

Gambia

• News article
  • Nafa Quick: Providing Emergency Cash Transfers to Households in the Poorest 30 Districts in The Gambia during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 15 April 2021 | The Point 
     

Ghana

• Blog

  • Cash transfers as COVID-19 relief: Evidence from Ghana | 07 June 2021 | International Growth Centre 

  • Economic relief through social safety nets during the COVID-19 crisis: the case of Ghana | 26 October 2020 | The World Bank 

• Brief

  • Disbursing Emergency Relief through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana | May 2021 | National Bureau of Economic Research 

  • Migrants To and From Ghana: Research Note | 28 June 2020 | CoronaNet

• News Article 

  • COVID-19 Relief Cash For The Poor Ready | 27 November 2020 | Modern Ghana

  • President outlines method for disbursing COVID-19 Fund | 20 April 2020 | Ghana News Agency

• Report

  • COVID-19 in Ghana | 04 May 2021 | Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies 

  • Ghana COVID-19 Situation Report - #9 | 26 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund 

• Webinar

  • Informing Policy on COVID-19 with Rapid Data: Results and Responses from the RECOVR Survey in Ghana | 02 July 2020 | Innovations for Poverty Action 
     

Guinea

• Blog
  • Civil society and government agencies in Guinea collaborate to fight against COVID-19 | 31 August 2020 | The World Bank 
     

Kenya

• Blog 

  • Kenya trial examines effect of universal basic income during pandemic | 10 December 2020 | Basic Income: Today

  • Smart containment and social protection: Lessons from Kenya’s COVID-19 fight | 18 May 2020 | International Growth Centre

  • Kenya needs better social protection programmes during Covid-19 | 21 April 2020 | Medium

  •  Vouchers instead of food | 18 April 2020 | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

  • Four key policy imperatives in Kenya's fight against COVID-19 | 17 April 2020 | Alumni Network Institute of Development Studies

• Brief

  • Kenya's Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Tax Cuts, Cash Transfers and Public Works | May 2021 | Global Dynamics of Social Policy, German Research Foundation 

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

  • Building Forward Better: Inclusive Livelihood Support in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements | March 2021 | Institute of Development Studies 

  • Emergency Response for Persons Affected by COVID-19 in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements | July 2020 | World Food Programme 

• Multimedia

  • Cash transfers and the wider economy: Evidence from Kenya | 20 May 2020 | VoxDev

• News Article

  • New cash transfer scheme to benefit 24,000 Mombasa households | 04 November 2020 | The Star

  • Gender commission wants rural women roped in Inua Jamii program | 02 November 2020 | Nation 

  • Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID | 30 October 2020 | United Nations News 

  • COVID-19’s impact on the elderly | 22 July 2020 | China Global Television Network Africa

  • A sector worth billions whose employees now lack food and jobs | 19 May 2020 | Include Platform 

• Op-Ed 

  • COVID-19 exposes need for stronger, more holistic approach to social protection | 16 November 2020 | Citizen Digital

  • Improving the Living Conditions of Cash Transfer Agents Could Curb the Spread of Covid-19 | 15 April 2020 | African Arguments

  • State approves 40bn package to help poor, vulnerable families | 07 April 2020 | Daily Nation

  • How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect informal workers. Insights from Kenya | 22 March 2020 | The Conversation

• Report

  • "We Are All Vulnerable Here": Kenya’s Pandemic Cash Transfer Program Riddled With Irregularities | 20 July 2021 | Human Rights Watch

  • Kenya country case study - Equity in COVID-19 mitigation and policy responses | May 2021 | INCLUDE 

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

  • Kenya Emergency Appeal (April - September 2020) | 09 April 2020 | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

• Statement

  • Kenya Cash Consortium provides 4,711KES/37EUR a month to support over 15,000 households affected by food and nutrition insecurity following recent floods and desert locust infestation | 21 August 2020 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
     

Lesoto

• News Article
  • ​Lesotho: A New Social Protection Assessment Aims to Help Strengthen Policies and Programs for the Poor | 5 July 2021 | World Bank

 

Liberia

• Blog
  • Responding to COVID-19 by Advancing Social Safety Nets in Liberia | 10 May 2022 | World Bank

• News Article
  • Liberia: Government Launches US$3.4m COVID-19 Relief Package for 15K Households in Montserrado | 04 February 2021 | Front Page Africa Online
  •  
  • ​US$3.4 Million Cash Transfer to Impact 15K Households in Rural Montserrado | 28 January 2021 | Liberia Observer

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Madagascar

• Blog 

  • Update: Madagascar’s Joint Programme for Integrated Social Protection | 17 December 2020 | Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund

  • How development policy financing can support COVID-19 response and preserve human capital | 08 April 2020 | World Bank Blogs

• Government Information 

  • Le Président de la République au Côté des Bénévoles | 31 March 2020 | Government of Madagascar
     

Malawi

• Blog
  • Putting Malawi’s food system front and center to save lives and livelihoods | 29 May 2020 | World Bank Blogs
• Brief
  • Social protection as a political brand Example from Malawi | July 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development 
• Government Information 
  • Malawi Covid-19 Socio-Economic Recovery Plan: 2021-2023 | December 2021 | Government of Malawi
  • National COVID 19 Preparedness and Response Strategy: July 2021 - June 2022 | 02 August 2021 | Government of Malawi
• News Article
  • The EU supports nutrition and social protection in Malawi with €39 million | 26 October 2020 | European Commission
  • Malawi to receive $45.07 million for national COVID-19 emergency response from the African Development Bank | 23 July 2020 | African Development Bank Group
  • Malawi launches cash aid for poor amid COVID-19 pandemic | 29 April 2020 | Al Jazeera
  • The UN is still delivering to those left behind despite the threat of COVID-19 | 27 April 2020 | The Joint SDG Fund, World Food Programme in Malawi
• Report
  • Malawi Coronavirus Situation Report | 26 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Mali

• News Article
  • IMF Executive Board Approves a US$200 Million Disbursement to Mali to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic | 30 April 2020 | International Monetary Fund
     
• ​Report
  • ​Policy responses to COVID-19 and socio-economic vulnerability of households in Mali | 04 May 2021 | Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies 

     

Mauritius

• Blog

  • The welfare of Mauritian households during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from three rounds of high-frequency surveys | 19 November 2020 | The World Bank 

• Government Information 

  • Covid-19: Additional social measures to support and protect vulnerable groups | 04 April 2020 | Government of Mauritius

  • Covid-19: Government proposes set of measures to support households and communities | 31 March 2020 | Government of Mauritius

• News Article 

  • Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers | 16 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Rs 7.5 million raised as at date | 27 March 2020 | Government of Mauritius
     

Mozambique

• Blog
  • COVID 19 in Mozambique : A team effort to ease the economic hardship on families | 16 September 2020 | The World Bank 
  • Mozambique’s response to COVID-19: Challenges and questions | 05 May 2020 | International Growth Centre
• Brief
  • Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises (May 2020 - April 2021) | 26 May 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• News Article
  • How to Promote Young Women’s Resilience in the Face of COVID-19 Induced Economic Shocks: Lessons from Urban Mozambique | 28 May 2021 | Center for Global Development 
  • Team Europe: EU provides €100 million to Mozambique for education, health and social protection | 02 November 2020 | European Commission
• Report
  • COVID-19: Adaptations to nutrition and HIV programmes in Mozambique | August 2020 | World Food Programme
     

Namibia

• Brief
  • Improving targeting for urban food banks, Social Protection in Namibia | June 2021 | Namibia Red Cross Society, BritishRedCross
• Report
  • Evaluation of the Namibia Basic Income Grant (BIG) process and the implementation of an Emergency Income Grant (EIG) in the context of social protection responses to the Covid-19 pandemic | 07 April 2021 | Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute 
     

Niger

• Government Information

  • UN, Nigerian Government Launch a COVID-19 Basket Fund to Harmonize Investments in National Pandemic Response Plan | 06 April 2020 | Government of Niger

  • Message a la Nation du Prèsident de la République sur la situation de la pandèmie du Coronavirus (COVID-19) | 27 March 2020 | Presidency of the Republic of Niger

• Report

  • Niger in the year of the COVID19 pandemic - The fear, the grief, and the coping | May 2021 | INCLUDE 

  • Covid-19 Diaries - A year of pandemic: No one is safe until everyone is safe | April 2021 | United Nations Children's Fund
     

Nigeria

• Blog 

  • The COVID-19 crisis in Nigeria: What’s happening to welfare? New data call for expanded social protection in Africa’s most populous country | 16 November 2021 | The World Bank

  • Primary Health and Universal Basic Education Cuts During Covid-19 : what are the global impacts and consequences on Nigeria? | 06 July 2020 | Toyin Ojora Saraki 

  • Ordinary Nigerians are filling the country’s major social welfare gaps amid coronavirus | 24 April 2020 | Quartz

  • Start Where You Are: Lessons On Community-Led COVID-19 Relief Efforts | 20 April 2020 | Nigeria Health Watch

• Brief 

  • COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria | 24 May 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute 

  • COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria | 16 May 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute 

  • UNHCR Nigeria: Cash and Economic Inclusion Update February 2021 | February 2021 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

  • Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Nigerian Households | 21 December 2020 | The World Bank 

  • Nigeria food and nutrition response plan for COVID-19 pandemic | April 2020 | Government of Nigeria – Federal Ministry of Health

  • Nigeria: Guidance Note: Child Protection Service Provision And Caring For Children In The Context Of The Covid 19 Pandemic | 01 April 2020 | Child Protection Sub-Sector Nigeria

• Legal Document 

  • The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued COVID-19 Regulations 2020 | 31 April 2020 | Official Twitter Account of the Presidency of Nigeria

• News Article 

  • Assessing FG’s Protective Efforts in COVID-19 Era | 14 October 2021 | This Day

  • Lagos kick-starts cash for work programme for vulnerable people, businesses | 28 January 2021 | Nairametrics 

  • Nigeria: Govt supports Covid-19 affected households with N10bln | 21 January 2021 | Ecofin Agency

  • UNDP launches cash transfers to poor, vulnerable Abuja residents | 08 December 2020 | Premium Times 

  • COVID-19: How we fed 127,588 households during lockdown – Humanitarian Ministry | 16 November 2020 | Premium Times 

  • Social Protection for the Disabled in Nigeria during COVID-19 pandemic | 07 August 2020 | Dataphyte 

  • COVID-19 is Threatening Food Security in Nigeria | 09 June 2020 | Voice of America

  • Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on ‘life-support’ | 09 June 2020 | United Nations News

  • Nigeria VS Coronavirus: Hardest hit least helped, informal workers | 02 June 2020 | The Africa Report

  • Feeding More Than 56,000 Displaced People Across Borno State | May 2020 | Plan International

  • FG adopts digital payment for conditional cash transfer to vulnerable | 17 April 2020 | Guardian Nigeria

  • Nigeria: Protect Most Vulnerable in COVID-19 Response | 14 April 2020 | Human Rights Watch

  • Nigeria coronavirus: Buhari says lives, livelihoods are priority; cases hit 323 | 13 April 2020 | Africa News

  • Coronavirus – Nigeria: UN, Nigerian Government Launch a COVID-19 Basket Fund to Harmonize Investments in National Pandemic Response Plan | 06 April 2020 | CNBC Africa

  • School feeding programme will continue despite closure of schools – Minister | 30 March 2020 | Premium Times

  • Covid-19: List of beneficiaries of Buhari’s relief measures | 30 March 2020 | The News Guru

• ​Op-Ed

  • ​Digital financial services amid COVID-19 | 27 April 2020 | Nairametrics

• Report

  • Role of social protection in mitigating the impact of coronavirus disease on household welfare: panel data evidence from Nigeria | December 2021 | UNECA 

  • COVID-19 and Human Security in Nigeria | January 2022 

  • ​COVID-19 in Nigeria | 04 May 2021 | Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies 
     

Rwanda

• Brief

  • Jobs in a crisis: Principles of effective public employment programmes | 20 November 2020 | International Growth Centre 

  • Rwanda Country Report | 11 June 2020 | CoronaNet

• News Article 

  • How COVID-19 will impact pension savings | 25 May 2020 | The New Times

  • Rwanda unveils social protection for the vulnerable during COVID-19 | 09 April 2020 | African Business

  • Rwanda to deliver free food to 20 000 households during coronavirus lockdown | 30 March 2020 | IOL News

  • Rwanda Distributes Free Food, Social Services in Response to COVID-19 | 29 March 2020 | The African Exponent

• Op-Ed 

  • Rwanda’s established social protection floor: Key pillar in fighting the impact of COVID-19 | 03 April 2020 | The New Times
     

São Tomé e Príncipe

• News Article
  • São Tomé and Príncipe: World Bank Scales Up the Social Protection and Skills Development Project in São Tomé and Príncipe With $8 Million | 03 March 2021 | AllAfrica
  • The World Bank Provides $10 million to Support São Tomé and Príncipe’s Response to COVID-19 | 21 December 2020 | The World Bank
     

Senegal

• News Article

  • Agencies give Senegalese food aid | 30 April 2020 | The East African

• Statement 

  • Il est temps d’agir : Lettre adressée aux dirigeants du continent relative à la crise du Covid-19 | 14 April 2020 | Le Quotidien
     

Seychelles

• News Article 

  • Seychelles: African Development Bank extends $10 million loan to support COVID-19 responses as economy reopens | 23 June 2020 | CBN Africa

  • Speech by President Danny Faure on the COVID-19 situation (COVID-19) | 27 March 2020 | Government of Sychelles
     

Sierra Leone

• Blog 

  • Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 in a Fragile State: Key Findings from the RECOVR Sierra Leone Survey | 31 July 2020 | Innovations for Poverty Action  

  • Fill the gaps, feel the pain: Insights from Sierra Leone on an epidemic’s impact on local taxation, public services, and the poor | 25 March 2020 | International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

• Brief

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

• ​Report

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

Somalia

• Government Information 

  • Somali President Unveiled Social Safety Net Program to reduce poverty and to improve human capital | 19 April 2020 | Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

• News Article 

  • Somalia Scales up Social Protection Measures as COVID-19 Constrains Economic Growth | 29 October 2020 | ModernDiplomacy 

  • $25 Million AfDB Grant For Somalia Will Bolster Budget For COVID-19 Responses | 27 July 2020 | East African Business Week 

  • Inauguration Of Social Safety Net Package Signifies An Important Step In Protecting The Poor And Fighting Poverty, Says FESTU | 19 April 2020 | Shabelle Media Network

• Report

  • Somalia Coronavirus Situation Report | 24 August 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund 
     

South Africa

• Blog

  • Lockdown economics in South Africa: Social assistance and the Ramaphosa stimulus package | 20 Novembro 2020 | Brookings

  • SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid? | 19 May 2020 | Ground Up

  • Temporary shock or lasting poverty trap? COVID-19 in South Africa | May 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research

• Brief

  • Economic shocks, health, and social protection: The effect of COVID-19 income shocks on health and mitigation through cash transfers in South Africa | August 2022 | Julius Ohrnberger 
  • Implications of COVID-19 labour market shock for child and household hungers in South Africa: Do social protection programs protect? | 1 July 2022 | Dambala Gelo and Johane Dikgang 
  • Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa | April 2021 | United Nations University - Wider 
• • The livelihood impacts of COVID-19 in urban South Africa | 01 March 2021 | United Nations University - Wider

  • Bold promises, constrained capacity, stumbling delivery: the expansion of social protection in response to the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa | July 2020 | Center for Social Science Research - University of Cape Town 

  • Failure to feed: State, civil society and feeding schemes in South Africa in the first three months of Covid-19 lockdown, March to June 2020 | July 2020 | Center for Social Science Research - University of Cape Town 
  • COVID-19 and socioeconomic impact in Africa: The case of South Africa | April 2020 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research

• Government Information 

  • Deputy Minister Maggie Sotyu hands over food vouchers to waste pickers in Sasolburg, 9 Apr | 09 April 2020 | Government of South Africa

  • SASSA changes social grant payment dates | 08 April 2020 | Government of South Africa

  • MEC Debbie Schäfer thanks communities for feeding schemes during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 08 April 2020 | Government of South Africa

  • Minister Thoko Didiza announces interventions to assist agricultural sector during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 06 April 2020 | Government of South Africa

  • Western Cape Education on implementing school feeding of vulnerable learners during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 06 April 2020 | Government of South Africa

  • Social grants - Coronavirus COVID-19 | 25 March 2020 | Government of South Africa

• Multimedia

  • Podcast: Universal Basic Income in South Africa | 26 August 2020 | Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

• News article

  • SA one of the biggest spenders on social assistance globally — World Bank | 7 October 2021 | Mail & Guardian

  • Social development minister admits ending Covid-19 grant will fuel hunger | 05 June 2021 | Sowetanlive 

  • South Africa will spend more than R195 billion in the next year – paying 18 million grants a month | 25 May 2021 | Business Tech 

  • South Africa: When Kids Go Hungry - Covid-19 Relief Grant Misses the Mark for Children | 19 November 2020 | AllAfrica

  • Calls for government to make relief measures permanent | 15 September 2020 | Independent Online 

  • UIF COVID-19 latest: TERS payments will extend into August | 21 July 2020 | The South African 

  • How much a basic income grant will cost South Africa | 16 July 2020 | Business Tech

  • Ensuring all Black Lives Matter in South Africa | 10 July 2020 | Toward Freedom

  • Coronavirus: South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on faster payment of Coronavirus COVID-19 Grants during Level 3 lockdown | 26 May 2020 | AfricaNews

  • South Africa: How to implement an emergency grant | 29 April 2020 | GroundUp

  • Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient | 23 April 2020 | GroundUP

  • South Africa announces $26bn COVID-19 rescue package | 22 April 2020 | Al Jazeera

  • Mboweni reviewing options to fight Covid-19, considers basic income grant | 14 April 2020 | Fin24

  • President, Cabinet take three-month salary cuts | 09 April 2020 | South African Government News Agency

  • Influential coalition urges President Ramaphosa to increase child support grants | 05 April 2020 | Daily Maverick

  • South Africa can – and should – top up child support grants to avoid a humanitarian crisis | 31 March 2020 | The conversation

  • Covid-19: Solidarity Fund raises R500m in a week | 31 March 2020 | IOL News

  • COVID-19: Social welfare payments to go ahead | 19 March 2020 | Graaff Reinet Advertiser

• Op-Ed 

  • Five key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense | 01 August 2021 | The Conversation
  • COVID-19 holds lessons for the future of social protection | 28 February 2021 | eNews Channel Africa
  • Feeding in a crisis: Social protection and governance during the pandemic | 19 August 2020 | Daily Maverick
  • Support for women informal workers is urgent as pandemic unfolds in South Africa | 08 August 2020 | The Conversation

  • Are social grants reaching the people? | 15 July 2020 | FinancialMail  

  • Digital cash could prove useful for Covid-19 grant payments | 19 May 2020 | Daily Mavevick

  • Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now | 28 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • Our research shows why it’s vital to protect older South Africans from coronavirus | 26 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • How South Africa can feed its hungry children during the lockdown | 22 April 2020 | Daily Maverick

  • Why South Africa needs basic income support now | 21 April 2020 | Ground UP

  • The choice: Social assistance or social unrest | 21 April 2020 | Daily Maverick

  • Lockdown 2020: A humanitarian crisis is looming — where is the safety net? | 15 April 2020 | Daily Maverick

  • Social protection responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa | 06 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • Covid-19: Relief promises for Africa's small businesses | 02 April 2020 | Deutsche Welle

  • Coronavirus - South Africa: Post Office remains open during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown | 26 March 2020 | Africa News

• Report

  • Social Protection in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from South Africa | 16 February 2022 | Center for Global Development 

  • Social Protection in a Time of Covid: Lessons for Basic Income Support | 27 July 2021 | Black Sash 

  • Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa | April 2021 | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research 

  • Child protection and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in South Africa: Arapid review of C-19 legislation | August 2020 | Ansie Fouchéa, Francois D.Fouché and Linda C.Theron

  • Covid-19, social protection, and the labour market in South Africa: Are social grants being targeted at the most vulnerable? | July 2020 | Tim Köhler and Haroon Bhorat 

  • The Covid-19 crisis and the South African informal economy: ‘Locked out’ of livelihoods and employment | July 2020 | Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner

  • Adapting South Africa’s Social Protection System for COVID-19 | 28 April 2020 | University of Cape Town

• Website

  • National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) | Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 
     

South Sudan

• Brief 

  • CVA-Covid-19 Risk Matrix South Sudan | 13 April 2020 | Cash Working Group South Sudan CashCap Response Team

  • Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and the Covid-19: South Sudan - Volume 1 | March 2020 | Norwegian Refugee Council
     

Sudan

• News Article
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Sudanese Households Reveals Growing Hardship, Social Despair | 12 May 2021 | The World Bank 
  • Sudan Partnership Conference: EU mobilises more support for Sudan's transition | 25 June 2020 | European Commission
  • IMF says initial deal reached with Sudan to reform economy | 24 June 2020 | The Washington Post
     

Tanzania

• News Articles
  • Zanzibar responds to COVID-19 economic challenges with a 20% rise to their universal social pension | 22 July 2020 | HelpAge International

Togo

• Brief

  • Novissi solidarity fund: Exemplary cash transfers during Covid-19 | August 2020 | INCLUDE 

• Website 

  • Indicateurs de performance du programme Novissi | Government of Togo
     

Uganda

• Brief

  • Expanding Social Protection to Informal Women Workers for Better COVID-19 Recovery in Uganda | December 2021 | ICRW

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

  • Estimating income losses and consequences of the COVID-19 crisis in Uganda | 20 November 2020 | International Growth Centre

• News Article 

  • Cash transfers are the silver lining that could change the story for Jane, Uganda’s children and the entire economy | 21 July 2021 | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 

  • Mobile money cash for COVID-19 poor | 5 July 2021 | The Independent Magazine

  • Uganda: World Bank Provides $300 Million to Close COVID-19 Financing Gap and Support Economy Recover | 29 June 2020 | The World Bank 

  • ZCTU demands US$100 cushion for vulnerable employees | 13 April 2020 | Bulaayo 24

  • Coronavirus: Uganda Red Cross complements Government Interventions in Food Distribution across Kampala | 09 April 2020 | CNBC Africa

• ​Op-Ed

  • Social protection and inclusivity is key in social-economic policy | 10 May 2021 | Daily Monitor 

  • ​COVID-19: Enhancing diets and strengthening food systems in Uganda | 28 August 2020 | New Vision 

  • Use Community Engagement to Identify People in Need of Relief | 23 April 2020 | Humans Rights Watch

• ​Report

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

  • ​Cash transfers and COVID-19: Experiences from Kiryandongo, Uganda | October 2020 | IDinsight
     

Zambia

• Blog
  • Lessons from Zambia: How to bring adolescent girls back to school post-COVID-19 | 28 July 2020 | The World Bank 
• News Article
  • Zambia launches emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme | 28 July 2020 | China Global Television Network Africa
• Report
  • ​Social protection and COVID-19: impacts on informal economy workers in rural and urban Zambia | June 2021 | The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 
     

Zimbabwe

• Blog
  • COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: a disaster for farmers | 27 April 2020 | Zimbabweland
• Brief
  • Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 in Zimbabwe | July 2020 | United Nations Sustainable Development Group 
• News Article
  • Informal sector appeals for increased social protection | 05 January 2021 | The Chronicle
  • Unicef rolls out emergency cash transfer programme | 06 December 2020 | The Standard 
  • Zimbabwe: WFP to Introduce E-Vouchers for 224,000 Urban Dwellers | 19 May 2020 | All Africa
• Op-Ed
  • The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on Zimbabwe’s informal economy | 20 May 2020 | Institute of Development Studies
     

Regional

• Blog 

  • Rapid Cash Assistance to Get Through the Crisis | 13 July 2021 | World Bank 

  • Six months after the COVID-19 outbreak: How did workers fare? | 28 June 2021 | The World Bank 

  • Minding the (financial and digital) gap! | 07 June 2021 | World Vision 

  • School Feeding: A Path to Recovery and a Better Future | 14 April 2021 | The Chicago on Global Affairs 

  • What about the successes? Positive lessons from Africa’s COVID response in 2020 | 07 January 2021 | INCLUDE 

  • 5 ways COVID-19 has affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa | 27 November 2020 | World Economic Forum

  • Labor market impacts of COVID-19 in four African countries | 18 November 2020 | The World Bank

  • World Bank on COVID-19 in Africa: Can Safety Nets Ease Social and Economic Impacts? | 15 September 2020 | Capital Finance International 

  • Digital platforms have been a boon for social assistance in African countries during the pandemic | 09 September 2020 | Quartz Africa 

  • World Bank must ensure new Africa energy strategy is inclusive and pro-poor | 16 July 2020 | Brettonwoods Project 

  • Five ways governments can help small businesses in the informal sector survive Covid-19 | 14 July 2020 | Institute of Development Studies 

  • Preparing for the Covid-19 recession in sub-Saharan Africa | 10 July 2020 | Institute of Development Studies 

  • COVID-19: A pivotal moment to support women farmers | 3 June 2020 | The World Bank

  • An inclusive response to COVID-19 for Africa’s informal workers | 29 May 2020 | The World Bank

  • Social insurance for the informal sector can be a lifeline for millions in Africa | 20 May 2020 | The World Bank

  • A chance for universal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa | 13 May 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

  • COVID-19 underscores need to overhaul social policies across Africa | 05 May 2020 | International Growth Centre

  • Digital agriculture to help Africa through coronavirus | 28 April 2020 | The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

  • Building Africa’s resilience for sustainable food security post-COVID-19 | 27 April 2020 | business a.m.

  • To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich | 22 April 2020 | International Centre for Tax and Development

  • The impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on global poverty: Why Sub-Saharan Africa might be the region hardest hit | 20 April 2020 | The World Bank 

  • Covid-19 Could Push 30 Million African Children Into Poverty | 09 April 2020 | Save the Children

• Brief 

  • Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 13 September 2022 | World Bank [New]

  • Economic Report on Africa 2021: Addressing poverty and vulnerability in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic | 10 May 2022 | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 

  • Social Protection During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Time to Rethink Expanding Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa? | 07 February 2022 | A-R.Mohammed

  • Beyond COVID-19: Lessons for social protection from WFP’s work in East Africa in 2020 | 09 June 2021 | World Food Programme 

  • Synthesis Report: Africa’s COVID-19 Responses | 07 June 2021 | INCLUDE 

  • Why Development and Transformative Social Policy Matter: Lessons of COVID-19 in Africa | May 2021 | Jìmí O. Adésínà 

  • Reimagining Girls’ Education: Solutions to Keep Girls Learning in Emergencies | February 2021 | United Nations Children's Fund, World Food Programme

  • Migrant workers and remittances in the context of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa | July 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization

  • Regional COVID-19 Situation Report for West & Central Africa 22 July 2020 | 22 July 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

  • COVID-19 Brief: Preliminary Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa | 17 June 2020 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

  • Examining the Right to Social Protection in COVID-19 Responses | May 2020 | Law Africa

  • Gendered Effects of Health Emergencies: The effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Women’s Wellbeing | April 2020 | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

  • Social protection: ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa | April 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Financing the coronavirus response in sub-Saharan Africa | April 2020 | Overseas Development Institute

  • COVID-19: Impacts on African economies – economic challenges and social safety net responses | April 2020 | Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network 

  • The impact of the COVID-19 on the informal economy in Africa and the related policy responses | 14 April 2020 | International Labour Organization

  • Protection sociale – Garantir une réaction efficace et une reprise inclusive dans le contexte de la covid-19 en Afrique | 12 April 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization, African Union

  • Covid-19: Compilation Of Social Protection Measures And Resources Of Relevance To Sub-saharan Africa | 5 April 2020 | UNDP

• Multimedia

  • Compilation of Social Protection measures in sub-Saharan Africa | 01 June 2020 | United Nations Development Programme

• News Article 

  • West Africa: Extreme poverty rises nearly 3 per cent due to COVID-19 | 20 January 2022 | UN 
  • Africa: Covid-19 Aid Falling Short | 12 October 2021 | HRW
  • Social safety nets, community spirit help South African mother through Covid-19 crisis | 05 May 2021 | African Union 
  • Invisible lives, missing voices: Putting women and girls at the center of post-COVID-19 recovery and reconstruction | 28 January 2021 | Brookings
  • Supporting Burkina Faso and Senegal to promote social protection | 16 December 2020 | International Labour Organization 
  • COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa | 26 November 2020 | United Nations Children's Fund
  • Social protection has a key role to play in COVID-19 response | 20 November 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organization 
  • Families suffer as East Africa remittances dry out | 30 August 2020 | Anadolu Agency
  • UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages | 09 July 2020 | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Africa’s rapidly ageing population is in need of social protection, yet it continues to be largely overlooked | 02 July 2020 | Development Pathways 
  • Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: EU mobilises almost €100 million to support the most vulnerable in the Horn of Africa | 26 June 2020 | European Commission
  • You’ve got money: Mobile payments help people during the pandemic | 25 June 2020 | World Economic Forum
  • African governments are being forced to develop social welfare programs in an economic crisis | 23 June 2020 | Quartz Africa
  • Coronavirus: ‘Status quo of women not sustainable, balance must be tilted’ | 18 June 2020 | The Africa Report
  • COVID-19 as an amplifier of youth employment challenges in Africa: implications for research | 17 June 2020 | Include
  • From charity to fair chances: spotlight on Social Protection during COVID-19 | 16 June 2020 | Include
  • Covid-19 could reverse gains made for African children, warns Save the Children | 09 June 2020 | Save the Children
  • Coronavirus could increase hunger for over 40m in Southern Africa | 04 June 2020 | Oxfam International
  • “WURI West Africa Prize” Calls for Innovations to Include the Informal Sector in Social Protection Programs | 27 May 2020 | The World Bank
  • Coronavirus crisis disrupts flow of money transfers to Africa | 23 May 2020 | Deutsche Welle
  • Community Responses to COVID-19: From the Horn of Africa to the Solomon Islands | 19 May 2020 | The World
  • A call for action to European governments and their Development Finance Institutions - Saving jobs in Africa | 04 May 2020 | European Development Finance Institutions

  • Explainer: why COVID-19 provides a lesson for Africa to fund social assistance | 03 May 2020 | The Conversation

  • Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger Join West Africa Regional Identification Program to Help Millions of People Access Services | 28 April 2020 | The World Bank

  • COVID-19 is exacerbating food shortages in Africa | 27 April 2020 | World Economic Forum

  • WHO urges countries to move quickly to save lives from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa | 23 April 2020 | World Health Organization

  • Africa: Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems (By Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene) | 17 April 2020 | Top Africa News

  • African Adaptations to the COVID-19 Response | 15 April 2020 | Africa Center for Strategic Studies

  • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Drives Sub-Saharan Africa Toward First Recession in 25 Years | 09 April 2020 | The World Bank

  • How COVID-19 affects inequality in Africa | 30 March 2020 | INCLUDE

  • ECA estimates billions worth of losses in Africa due to COVID-19 impact | 16 March 2020 | Africa Renewal

• Op-Ed 

  • Young Africans need more and better jobs, not more training | 10 September 2020 | Institute of Development Studies  

  • Covid-19 heightens the risk of child labor, but there is a path to child-labor free cocoa | 22 May 2020 | Modern Diplomacy

  • We Will Not Defeat COVID-19 Without Including Africa In The Global Response | 19 May 2020 | Health Times

  • Africa's population is aging and it needs social protection | 18 May 2020 | Al Jazeera

  • COVID-19 Response Must Target African Agriculture And The Rural Poor | 14 May 2020 | East African Business Week

  • The impact of Covid-19 on those at the bottom of the pyramid in Africa | 12 May 2020 | Trócaire News

  • 3 ways COVID-19 could actually spark a better future for Africa | 11 May 2020 | World Economic Forum

  • A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic | 03 May 2020 | The Conversation

  • Informal workers get creative on addressing shortfalls in social security – Greater state support still needed | 02 May 2020 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

  • Leveraging the African Union’s Role in the Time of Covid-19 | 29 April 2020 | African Arguments

  • Africa: Primary Health Care — There's a Reason it's Called Primary | 28 April 2020 | All Africa

  • Covid-19 Threatens to Starve Africa | 28 April 2020 | Bloomberg Quint 

  • Responsive and respectful maternity care needs protection during COVID-19 crisis | 26 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • Covid-19 in Africa: Navigating Short and Long Term Strategies | 22 April 2020 | African Arguments

  • Africa: COVID-19 Impact - What Should African Countries Do? | 22 April 2020 | All Africa

  • A pandemic-driven food crisis in Africa can be prevented | 19 April 2020 | Al Jazeera

  • Africa Is Bracing for a Head-On Collision with Coronavirus | 26 March 2020 | Foreign Policy

• Report 

  • Social Protection Interventions Targeting Children in East and Southern Africa During COVID-19 | 15 November 2021 | Africa Platform for Social Protection

  • Rethinking the Role of Social Protection in African Food Systems Post-Covid-19 Africa | 2021 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI)

  • Delivery of social protection programs to combat COVID-19 in Africa | 2021 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI)

  • The West Africa inequality crisis: fighting austerity and the pandemic | 14 October 2021 | Oxfam 

  • The Role of Food Security & Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection in Bridging the Humanitarian-Development Divide in the Southern African Region | 14 June 2021 | World Food Programme 

  • The impact of COVID-19 on older people in Africa – insights from 2020 | June 2021 | HelpAge International 

  • Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods, Food Security & Nutrition in East Africa: Urban Focus | 03 August 2020 | World Food Programme, United Nations Habitat

  • Africa’s digital solutions to tackle COVID-19 | July 2020 | European Investment Bank

  • COVID-19 Impacts on African Children - How to Protect-a-generation at Risk | June 2020 | Save the Children

  • Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond | 2020 | The World Bank

  • COVID-19 Pandemic, a War to be Won: Understanding its Economic Implications for Africa | April 2020 | John E. Ataguba

  • Tackling Coronavirus in Africa | April 2020 | McKinsey

• Statement 

  • African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Initiative Embedding Nutrition within the Covid-19 Response and Recovery - COVID-19 Position Paper | 09 September 2020 | African Union 

  • Statement of the African Union (AU) Labour Migration Advisory Committee (LMAC) on the novel Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 and the condition of African Migrant Workers | 14 April 2020 | African Union

• Website

  • Cash Transfers & COVID-19 | The Transfer Project

  • Covid-19 in the Who African Region | World Health Organization

  • Mapping Risk Factors for the Spread of COVID-19 in Africa | Africa Centre for Strategic Studies