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About

The COVID Economic Impact Surveys initiative focuses on measuring the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses, self-employed individuals, workers, and farmers in developing countries.

 

Data is collected through phone surveys by researchers using a survey module devised by the initiative’s partners.

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About the partners

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International Growth Centre
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The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. The IGC directs a global network of world-leading researchers and in-country teams in Africa and South Asia and works closely with partner governments to generate high-quality research and policy advice on key growth challenges. Based at LSE and in partnership with the University of Oxford, the IGC is majority funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.

Contributing partners

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