<p>The COVID-19 crisis may impact wholesale and retail businesses in Nigeria and other developing countries in myriad ways.While lockdown measures are in place, many are disallowed from operating their shops.Even after strict lockdowns are lifted, however, they may continue to be affected through disruptions of the supply chain both upstream and downstream.</p>

<p>This project examines the economic impact of COVID-19 lockdown policies in Jordan.It focuses on the distributional impacts across vulnerable segments of society, including refugees and informal workers.The methodology is unique in that it merges a bimonthly panel survey among&nbsp;4,000 respondents with high-frequency cellphone metadata for the universe of users on one of Jordan's largest telecommunications companies.</p>

<p>Informational deficits constrain the ability of governments, service-providers and funders to make evidence-based decisions about how best to respond to the evolving needs of rural populations, and challenges to food security in developing countries, associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) proposes to conduct a multi-country survey of up to 11,000 smallholder farmers, and a sample of agro-dealers, to assess the impact of the pandemic and mitigation efforts.PAD is uniquely positioned to conduct this work given the organization’s existing operational footprint, experience in designing and administering digital informational services, and research capabilities.</p>