Business Fights Poverty COVID-19 guidance on what actions businesses can take in the short term to support individuals, enterprises and communities to recover and rebuild better.
Business Fights Poverty toolkits on key COVID-19-related topics, including gender-based violence, vulnerable workers and micro and small enterprises.
Business Fights Poverty tool which maps businesses’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across the world. This resource also provides links to download the Business Fights Poverty COVID-19 response framework and to watch videos about how businesses are acting to support the most vulnerable in their supply chains.
A survey jointly developed and carried out, from 14 to 20 April 2020, by the African Trade Policy Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and International Economics Consulting Ltd. The survey takes stock of the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and trade, and identifies the challenges faced and responses made by businesses.
UNDP Sierra Leone’s website page with the latest articles, COVID-19 response advice, reports and case studies.
An article from The Africa Report about the dramatic return to Keynesian policies in Africa by those who once kept at arm’s length what they considered a sin: to recognise public services as public goods that are to be properly funded.
This article by the United Nations Development Programme looks at ways of decentralising the national COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone to the districts and chiefdoms.
A report on OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Business Pivot Challenge to better understand and support business adaptation in response to COVID-19. This report brings together the lived experience from the 700+ business owners, community leaders and entrepreneurs.
A research brief produced by the World Food Programme analysing the impact of COVID-19 for the economy and markets of western and central Africa.