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At the start of the pandemic, UNICEF Regions of South Asia, and Eastern and Southern Africa carried out real-time community-based mobile phone surveys across 12 countries in order to track social and behavioural trends during the pandemic. Some of the standard variables include vaccine hesitancy...

The coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) has triggered an unprecedented global crisis. As of 25 November 2020, the World Health Organization reported more than 59,204,902 confirmed cases, including 1,397,139 deaths.[1] The related economic crisis is placing tremendous strain on already...

Infographic ArcGIS Map of Child Labor, Education, Poverty, and COVID-19 in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana ArcGIS Story Map explaining relationship between child labor, education, poverty, and COVID-19 in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and...

Introduction Back in 2009, the United Republic of Tanzania implemented Village Resource Teams (VRTs) within smaller local governments. These groups were meant to improve the socioeconomic and health status of its citizens. This report is meant to assess the impact of the program and determine the...

In 2017, conflicts and disasters around the world left an estimated 201 million people in need of the ‘last resort’ of international humanitarian assistance in order to cope and survive. The conflicts in Syria, Yemen and South Sudan continued to cause suffering and displacement for many millions of...

This report analyzes existing U.S. policies and programs in sub-Saharan Africa from a budgetary and impact-based frameworks. The report highlights how persistent issues for Congress such as the appropriation of funding for U.S. foreign aid programs, and accompanying oversight of such actions must be...