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Protecting social sector financing post covid-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

Governments are facing tough choices on how to finance the social sectors post covid-19. We set out recommendations for revenue raising and reprioritising spending.

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After the Pandemic: the economic impact on low-income countries, and what can be done?

How bad is the impact of the pandemic on low-income countries? How long will it last? And what can be done to accelerate recovery?

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Guide to Epidemiological Modelling of Covid-19

An in-depth guide drawing on our work with the Covid-19 International Modelling Consortium (CoMo) and the University of Oxford

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Finding and Serving the Savings Frontier

Easy-to-use mapping tools can help FSPs expand geographical outreach and increase usage by placing branches and agents closer to customers

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Overcoming Challenges in Agent Liquidity Management for Informal Savings Groups

What do financial service providers responses prior to the covid-19 outbreak tell us about managing agent liquidity for savings groups now?

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Governance in a joined-up world?

Ben French sets out three opportunities for the way the merger of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development could work.

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After the Pandemic: a global UK?

Low-income countries in Africa face a long hard road to recovery. The UK could catalyse and lead global support and change the future for developing countries.

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Labour Reforms hold no meaning if they take away labourers' rights

The COVID-19 crisis has not only worsened the conditions of workers, but has also impacted revenue and cash flows for existing businesses, adversely affecting investment …

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Podcast: Covid in Africa: a smouldering crisis

In this week's episode of Policy in Pandemics we discuss the 'unprecidented policy crisis' Africa is facing, despite an unexpected delay in mortality rates

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