SOUTH ASIA BLOGS AND RESOURCES ON COVID-19
IFPRI-South Asia is curating a special series of blog posts analyzing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sub-national, national, and regional food and nutrition security, poverty, and development. The series is edited by South-Asia Regional Director Shahidur Rashid, Research Fellow Samuel Scott and Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan. The IFPRI-SAR blog series is produced in collaboration with ReSAKSS-Asia, which aims to mobilize research to inform policies to reduce poverty and hunger in Asia.
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Blogs
November 30, 2023
New research from a Special Issue of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Research Posts
September 7, 2021
The pandemic caused disruptions to both the supply of and demand for health services that persisted past the lifting of lockdown measures.
Blogs
April 29, 2021
Public food transfer programs have traditionally been the most common social protection programs in Bangladesh
Research Posts
December 18, 2020
The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry that lockdown-related school closures lasting months will have enduring effects.
Research Posts
August 19, 2020
Women in rural India have always experienced a high and growing incidence of common mental disorders, and often have no or little recourse.
Research Posts
August 6, 2020
How is India coping when it comes to domestic food production and food supply chains? What are our vulnerabilities with international trade being disrupted with COVID-19?
Issue Posts
July 27, 2020
Even prior to the pandemic, Farmer Organizations (FOs) in many ASEAN countries were playing an important role in disseminating information, reducing farmer risk and improving market reach. All of these have taken on a new significance in the post-COVID-19 world
Research Posts
July 23, 2020
What is the outlook of the agricultural sector going forward? primary phone survey data from three large northern states to provide some preliminary answers.
Research Posts
July 22, 2020
As the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve, researchers have been using new and creative methods of data collection.