The economics of the COVID-19 pandemic in poor countries

E Miguel, AM Mobarak - Annual Review of Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health and living standards around the world. This
article provides an interim overview of these effects, with a particular focus on low-and …

COVID-19 learning losses: Early grade reading in South Africa

C Ardington, G Wills, J Kotze - International Journal of Educational …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using three different studies on early grade reading from no-fee schools across in South
Africa, this paper establishes short-term learning losses in reading for grade 2 and 4 …

Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low-and middle-income countries: a rapid review of the …

A Ramaiya, V Chandra-Mouli, R Both… - Sexual and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
COVID-19 has caused profound health, social, educational and economic devastation
around the world, especially among the lives of adolescents in low-and middle-income …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study

C Porter, M Favara, A Hittmeyer, D Scott, AS Jiménez… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To provide evidence on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health
of young people who grew up in poverty in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). Design A …

Internet access and its role on educational inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ö Korkmaz, E Erer, D Erer - Telecommunications Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the determinants of Internet access and its effect on educational
inequality in OECD countries during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The spatial panel …

Compounding inequalities: adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and resilience among refugee and host communities in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Jones, S Baird, B Abu Hamad, ZA Bhutta, E Oakley… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and associated risk-mitigation strategies have altered the
social contexts in which adolescents in low-and middle-income countries live. Little is …

[HTML][HTML] Intersecting barriers to adolescents' educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gender, disability and poverty

N Jones, IS Tapia, S Baird, S Guglielmi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article explores the social determinants of adolescents' access to education during the
COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It …

Perceived consequences of extended social isolation on mental well-being: Narratives from Indonesian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

MDH Rahiem, SE Krauss, R Ersing - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite several recent studies reporting on young people's well-being during COVID-19,
few large-scale qualitative studies have been carried out that capture the experiences of …

Navigating education in the context of COVID-19 lockdowns and school closures: challenges and resilience among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

Z Duby, K Jonas, B Bunce, K Bergh, K Maruping… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gender related vulnerabilities and inequalities place female learners at high risk of school
disengagement due to COVID-19 disruptions. Understanding the impacts of school closures …

[HTML][HTML] WHO non-communicable diseases Global Monitoring Framework: Pandemic resilience in sub-Saharan Africa and Low-income Countries

S Elkomy, T Jackson - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Research has well-documented the link between non-communicable diseases (NCDs),
including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and poverty …