In the first episode of the new series of our Policy in Pandemics podcast, Acting Chief Economist, Stevan Lee talks to Selim Raihan, Professor of Economics at the University of Dhaka and Executive Director at SANEM, about the economic impacts of the Covid-19 crisis in Bangladesh.

During Covid-19, the government in Pakistan developed a policy framework and recovery plan in record time with support from the Pakistan Sub-National Governance programme II (SNG), operating in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces.

A summary of our vision for the future of Covid-19 recovery finance.

Seven key recommendations for programmes to focus on to ensure girls continue learning throughout the pandemic and beyond.

As Covid-19 continues to disrupt health services globally, this World Health Worker Week, our experts explore the effect of the pandemic on the health workers and recommend measures for policies to build a strong and resilient workforce.

How can health systems be more resilient to the impacts of infectious diseases such as Covid-19? Experts discuss the role of frontline workers and how health systems can plan for, adapt and sustain the interventions needed during a pandemic.

The second episode in our series exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on non-state schools around the world.

Women's groups in India have the power to redress inequality and bring about lasting change, but how has Covid-19 impacted the gains made to women's empowerment?

2021 already has some hope of being better than 2020. In this blog, our CEO, Mark Henstridge reflects on why, in a post-pandemic world how aid gets spent and secures impact is often more important than how much we spend – for developing countries as well as donor countries.

Following an endline evaluation of an education programme in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria we share eight factors that can help make remote data collection during Covid-19 a success.