The nexus of these urgent realities has led us to ask: How might we support low- and middle-income families in the Global South to stay healthy while maintaining a sustainable livelihood during the COVID-19 pandemic?READ MORE + Evaluation Criteria Submissions are welcome from entrepreneurs, resea...
Consequently, this causes significant loss of critical income sources, renders individuals vulnerable, and further deteriorates households' livelihood outcome and welfare state. Therefore, the need for social protection programs to mitigate the impact of distress and unexpected events, as well as extreme...
As coronavirus continues to ravage nations around the world, the loss is not only in human life but also in the very fabric of existence, the fundamentals of food and health, of a livelihood. While Americans waits for the federal government’s stimulus package to get their lives ...
There is emerging evidence that the adverse effects of COVID-19 permeates the welfare of households and human capital development from different channels such as disruptions in access to school, loss of job or decrease in income, loss of sales from household business, and reduced availability for...
s food budgets of 15–20%, the recommended diet became unaffordable for 0.08–0.12 million people in Bangkok and 6.32–7.73 million people in Manila during the pandemic. Government relief largely compensated for this loss in Bangkok, but relief payments in Manila were not enough to compensate ...
For returning migrant workers and their dependents, the agricultural sector can be an option to invest and generate employment as well as livelihood. The government may use the skills of the returning migrant workers in various sectors of Bangladesh as well with a particular focus on skills ...
and new living norms (use of mask, Use of soap and sanitizers, & social distancing. The sudden enforcement although willful and honest, perpetuated a sense of insecurity and uncertainty as a result of livelihood loss, especially for the people employed in unorganized andprivate sectors(Paul et ...
Livelihood and income COVID 19 pandemic has caused widespread job loss resulting in economic strain for people. Financial hardship resulting from the pandemic has affected livelihoods, especially for those working in the informal sector. In Nepal, 62.3% of total employed people are engaged in the ...
Malaysia is an upper middle-income country with a population of 32 million people. The population is made up of people of various ethnicities such as Malays, Chinese and Indians. A significant gap exists on the perspectives of the people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. A nationwide...
and what should be its Aim? Is the Aim to try and prevent every covid infection – at cost of the economy and livelihood? Is the aim to avoid the overcrowding of medical facilities so as to avoid collateral damage? Is the aim to keep pushing potential cases in the future – so as ...