RECOVR Webinar: Informing Policy on COVID-19 with Rapid Data in Sierra Leone and Liberia

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) held a webinar to highlight three projects that are informing government COVID-19 response strategies across health, social protection, and education in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This webinar was part of IPA's RECOVR Webinar Series: Bringing Evidence to COVID-19 Policy Responses in the Global South.

Shana Warren and Andreas Holzinger (IPA) shared findings from the first round of the RECOVR survey in Sierra Leone—a panel survey designed to inform decision-makers about the communities that are hardest hit by the economic toll of the pandemic. Amara Kallon (Government of Sierra Leone) covered how decision-makers are using the results of the survey to continually adapt their responses to changing demands and to plan for long-term strategies. Anne Karing (Princeton University) discussed the results of a pilot study measuring effects on mobility and use of public transport, economic activity and income, and preventive health behavior among citizens, and impacts on operations, profits, and compliance with safety and hygiene regulations among bus drivers in Sierra Leone. Finally, Jonathan Robinson (University of California, Santa Cruz) presented the results from a phone survey in Liberia and Malawi measuring the direct and indirect impacts the pandemic is having on the livelihoods, income, and food security of rural households. Fatu Conteh (IPA) hosted and moderated a discussion and Q&A following the presentations.

Learn more at: https://www.poverty-action.org..../event/recovr-webina