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  • Publication | 2020
Livelihoods, Coping and Support During COVID-19 Crisis
Global Food and Nutrition Security

The COVID-19 pandemic began as a health crisis but has in time triggered a grave and unfolding economic crisis with particular concerns for the poor and vulnerable. For effective policy response to the poverty consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, the importance of real-time evidence cannot be over-emphasized. Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and Brac Institute for Governance and Development (BIGD) teamed up to launch a rapid response telephonic survey utilizing respondent telephone databases from earlier surveys on urban slums and rural poor.