K4D’s Research Helpdesk builds on over 15 years of experience delivering rapid response research services through a consortium approach. This page includes Helpdesk Reports that provide inputs to the response to COVID-19.
Emerging Issues Reports
K4D Emerging Issues Report 43
COVID-19, Global Value Chains, and the Impact on Gender: Evidence from the Garment and Electronics Sectors in Asia
Keir MacDonald
May 2021
K4D Emerging Issues Report 34
COVID-19, Governance, and Conflict: Emerging Impacts and Future Evidence Needs
Sian Herbert and Heather Marquette
March 2021
K4D Emerging Issues Report 35
Social impacts and responses related to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries
Brigitte Rohwerder
July 2020
Helpdesk Reports
K4D Helpdesk Report 1018
K4D’s Work on the Indirect Impacts of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Evert-Jan Quak
30 June 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 1007
Protecting and Promoting Systems for Essential Health Services During Rollout of COVID-19 Tools
Kerry Millington
18 May 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 957
How Can Middle-income Countries Improve Their Skills Systems Post- COVID-19?
George Herbert
23 February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 956
Covid-19 Impact on Employment and Skills for the Labour Market
Sue Enfield
February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 973
Areas and Population Groups in Pakistan Most Exposed to Combined Effects of Climate Change, Food Insecurity and COVID-19
Iffat Idris
8 March 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 971
The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Colombia
Laura Bolton
26 February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 974
Economic Impact of Local Vaccine Manufacturing
Kerina Tull
23 February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 969
WASH in Schools for Student Return During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Laura Bolton
11 February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 955
Social Inclusion and Immunisation
Kerina Tull
3 February 2021
K4D Helpdesk Report 908
COVID-19 and the Rights of Belief Minorities
Luke Kelly
6 November 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 890
The Informal Sector and COVID-19
Kelbesa Megersa
30 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 877
Factors influencing inclusive economic resilience in middle-income countries
George Herbert
24 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 879
The Build Back Better agenda and COVID-19
Laura Bolton
20 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 883
Humanitarian pauses and corridors in contexts of conflict
Roz Price
17 September 2020
Helpdesk Report 878
Projections of Demand and Estimates of Global Production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Robin Richards
7 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 874
The Covid-19 pandemic and the future of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
Evert-jan Quak
14 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 865
State Owned Enterprises and Public Finances in Developing Countries: The Impact of Economic and Health-related Crises
Kelbesa Megersa
7 September 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 870
Sites and services, and in-situ slum upgrading
Laura Bolton
21 August 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 854
Tactical urbanism in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Laura Bolton
21 August 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 856
Evidence on the accuracy of the number of reported Covid-19 infections and deaths in lower-middle income countries
Robin Richards
17 July 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 846
Immediate and longer-term impacts of Covid-19 on geopolitics in East Africa
Luke Kelly
17 July 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 847
COVID-19 in Eastern Africa: impact analysis on conflict and security
Kelbesa Megersa
16 July 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 850
COVID-19 and the participation of women and women’s rights organisations in decision-making
Lina Aghajanian and Ella Page
10 July 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 821
Sustainable Trade Finance and Financing Instruments
Kelbesa Megersa
3 July 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 809
Tax Reforms After COVID-19 and Financial Crises
Kelbesa Megersa
23 June 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 845
Lessons learned from Ebola Outbreak 9 in Equateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Amanda Lenhardt
19 June 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 830
The Secondary Impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tal Rafaeli and Geraldine Hutchinson
8 June 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 819
Impact of COVID-19 on child labour in South Asia
Iffat Idris
8 June 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 825
Maternal and sexual reproductive health situation in Tanzania
Kerina Tull
3 June 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 815
Impacts of COVID-19 regulatory measures on small-scale and informal trade in Zimbabwe
Roz Price
19 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 812
Mitigating the economic impacts of epidemics and financial crises: Focus on middle-income countries
Huma Haider
11 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 811
Impacts of Covid-19 on inclusive economic growth in middle-income countries
Brian Lucas
11 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 826
Water for the Urban Poor and Covid-19
Rachel Cooper
4 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 810
Lessons from Public Financial Management (PFM) reforms after a financial crisis
Evert-jan Quak
4 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 808
The COVID-19 pandemic and response on violent extremist recruitment and radicalisation
William Avis
4 May 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 803
Water security beyond COVID-19
Rachel Cooper
April 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 806
Girl focused life skills interventions at a distance
Tal Rafaeli
27 April 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 807
The link between girls’ life skills intervention in emergencies and their return to education post-crisis and prevention of unwanted pregnancies and early marriage
Tal Rafaeli
20 April 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 801
Coping Mechanisms in South Sudan in relation to Different Types of Shock
William Avis
7 April 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 793
Evidence on efforts to mitigate the negative educational impact of past disease outbreaks
Joe Hallgarten
31 March 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 756
Secondary impacts of major disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries
Brigitte Rohwerder
21 February 2020
K4D Helpdesk Report 757
Evidence and lessons on efforts to mitigate the secondary impact of past disease outbreaks and associated response and control measures
Luke Kelly
14 February 2020