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Here is the link to the podcast I talked about the post-pandemic economic recovery in Turkey

Episode 8: Post-pandemic Economic Recovery - Picking Up Where We Left Off - The Hollings CenterWhen the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the longstanding macroeconomic woes of the Middle East and North Africa, such as high unemployment and inflation, supply chain problems and inequality were amplified. The economic shock of the pandemic was felt in distinct ways at the individual and household level in different countries around the region. We recently held a workshop in Istanbul to address what governments should prioritize in their economic recovery plans to address poverty, inflation, and labor market inequalities; and invite you to listen to two of the workshop participants as they pick up where that discussion left off.

Our research appeared in November 2022 newsletter from UNHCR's Joint Data Center for Forced Displacement:

"But impact can have a meaning beyond an assessment of a program’s effectiveness. What about the impact that a large movement of forcibly displaced people has on host populations? These are multiple and are the subject of some of the other papers that are included in this month’s Literature Review Update. A study published in 2021, concluded that the presence of refugees in Tanzania reduced the incidence of child labor, albeit in the short-term. Another study showed that the arrival of 3.4 million refugees in Türkiye could have had a negative effect on native mortality, were it not for an increase in nurses, pediatricians and hospital beds, a result of Turkish Government policy.

This is the ‘holy grail’ of data-driven research – capturing policy outcomes that we can learn from and applying lessons that benefit displaced people and the communities that host them. "

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