Searching ways forward for Bangladesh in the time of pandemic
This is a policy brief sponsored by the Center for Governance Studies (CGS) on the role of Local Government Institutions (LGIs) during the Covid regime in Bangladesh
Are we asking the right questions?: Choices and Challenges in Assessing COVID-19 Impact on the Vulnerable in Bangladesh
The first working paper of the Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh puts forward a framework to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable population groups in a developing country context.
Contextualizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food security in two small cities in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving urban crisis. This research paper assesses impacts of the lockdown on food security and associated coping mechanisms in two small cities in Bangladesh (Mongla and Noapara) during March to May 2020.
In the Shadows of the Pandemic: The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Rohingya and Host Communities
Since the onset of global COVID-19 pandemic in December, Bangladesh has been in a state of high alert. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Bangladesh was recorded on 8 March 2020. By 26 March, containment measures were implemented, impacting an already vulnerable population. As of 13 September there have been 337,520 total cases, with 4,401 in Cox’s Bazar and 179 across all 34 refugee camps.
Civil society SDG monitoring report
This report explains why the EU’s SDG reporting creates an illusion of sustainability and makes concrete proposals for meaningful monitoring to become a stronger foundation for transformative policies
Survey on Covid-19: Socio-economic Condition of Working Women in Bangladesh
During the COVID-19 crisis, BMP conducted a survey to portray the socio-economic condition of working women titled “Covid-19: socio-economic condition of working women in Bangladesh”. The survey covered 26 districts while 130 women workers participated in it
Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh: An online-based cross-sectional study
In Bangladesh, an array of measures have been adopted to control the rapid spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. Such general population control measures could significantly influence perception, knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. Here, we assessed KAP towards COVID-19 immediately after the lock-down measures were implemented and during the rapid rise period of the outbreak
The impact of Covid-19 on the poorest
In this brief, we report on the experiences of a number of people in Dhaka and Chattogram on the impact of the pandemic and the subsequent response. All are currently included on Concern Worldwide’s Improving the Lives of the Urban Extreme Poor (ILUEP) livelihood programme which is funded by Irish Aid.
Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements
With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for pandemic control have health, social and economic consequences. We consider access to healthcare before and during COVID-19 with those working and living in slum communities.
Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality
The unprecedented global social and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic poses grave risks to the nutritional status and survival of young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).