RECOVR Research Projects

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This page lists research projects that are being developed by IPA and others. Our goal is to document active studies taking place on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts—and results, as they come in—in order to inform researchers and decision-makers working to mitigate the crisis. As this is a public good, the hub contains both IPA and non-IPA studies. Inclusion criteria for the hub can be found here, and new projects and questionnaires can be submitted here.

Contributing Partners

60 Decibels
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
BRAC Institute of Governance & Development
Center for Effective Global Action
Center for Global Development
Global Poverty Research Lab
IDinsight
International Growth Centre
Yale Research Initiative on Innovative & Scale

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COVID-19 Lockdown, Institutional Responsiveness, and Household Well-being: Evidence from India

<p>The countrywide lockdown has been the dominant strategy of the Indian government to arrest the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic.While the state and central governments should be focusing on formulating broad policies, the local government (Panchayats) must be used to help as outposts of both tracking the spread of the pandemic as well as designing mechanisms and strategies to cope with the economic fallout of the pandemic.</p>
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Country India
Program Area Health & Nutrition
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Descriptive / Surveillance

Distance Assessment of Early Childhood Development at Home

<p>School closures resulting from lockdowns&nbsp;to limit the spread of COVID-19 threaten to result in learning loss for students, particularly young children&nbsp;in vulnerable contexts.In order to evaluate the short-term impacts of distance learning efforts, researchers need to be able to effectively assess student learning outcomes remotely.In this project, researchers are working with Ministries of Education in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and El Salvador to design and validate a distance assessment to be administered remotely with preschool children aged 4-5 years.</p>
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Program Area Education
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Other

Perceived Risk and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Crisis in India

<p>COVID-19 has paralyzed the world over the last few months.With a total of 42,533 confirmed cases and 1,373 deaths as of the 4th of May 2020 (Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare, 2020) India is currently one of the largest countries under complete lockdown since the 24th of March.This has put many in a very vulnerable state.</p>
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Country India
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Randomized Evaluation