By John Branch, Shahana Hirji, Andreas Holzinger, Amara Kallon, and Shana Warren
 Like most countries, Sierra Leone has made drastic changes to everyday life to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Schools closed on March 31, and the country instituted a pair of national lockdowns from April 5-7 and May 3-5. Land borders were entirely closed from late March to June, and a national mask mandate began on June 1. Amid these policy efforts, IPA ran the first round of our RECOVR survey in Sierra Leone from May 27 to June 19. Conducted to inform the policy efforts of the Ministry of Health and the Bank of Sierra Leone, we surveyed 1,304 respondents about a range of health, economic, and education outcomes using random digit dialing, making them statistically representative of the set of active mobile phone numbers held by adults in Sierra Leone. A large percentage of these respondents are urban residents of the capital district. This blog post summarizes the key findings and their policy implications.
Read more in the full blog post and watch the webinar here.
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FEATURED RECOVR RESULTS
By Charles Amoatey, Elliott Collins, and Madeleen Husselman
 Like most West African countries, Ghana has avoided the worst of the virus’s health toll, but losses in employment, business slowdowns, interrupted education, and food insecurity threaten to have both short- and long-term consequences. IPA has been working with a host of government partners—the Ghana Statistical Service; Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection; Ministry of Education; Ghana Education Service; and National
Board of Small Scale Industries—to understand what data decision-makers need to respond effectively to the pandemic’s wide-ranging impacts. In May, IPA ran the RECOVR survey of 1,357 respondents, revealing among other findings that the economic fallout of COVID-19 is already having sharp, adverse effects on food security.
Read more in the full blog post and watch the webinar here.
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Cash Transfers for COVID-19 Relief
July 14 | Webinar, United States
Microfinance and COVID-19 in Pakistan: What Happens After Lockdown?
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