COVID-19
RESEARCH PROJECTS :
CORES : Covid Resilience (ANRS Project)
Measuring the vulnerability of developing countries' firms to the Covid-19 shock (Co-PI with Leila Baghdadi, in collaboration with Lisa Chauvet, Majdi Hassen, Phuong Le Minh and Chaima Ben Abderrahmen)
ERF MENA COVID MONITOR (ILO Project)
Implementing 4 survey waves on the Impact of COVID-19 on Households and Firms in the MENA Region (Co-PI with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad)
ARTICLES
The first victims of Covid-19 in developing countries? The most vulnerable workers to the lockdown of the Tunisian economy with Phuong Le Minh
POLICY BRIEFS
'Which firms performed better in social distancing times' (2022), ERF Policy Brief N°79, with Nesma Ali and Lisa Chauvet.
‘Employment and Care Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Persistent Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa’ (2022), ERF Policy Brief N°78, with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad.
‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Labor Markets: Employment Recovering, but Income Losses Persisting’ (2022), ERF Policy Brief N°73, with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Labor Markets: A Focus on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(2021), ERF Policy Brief N°60, with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Labor Markets: Glimmers of Progress but Persistent Problems for Vulnerable Workers a Year into the Pandemic, ERF Policy Brief N°57, with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Middle Eastern and North African Labor Markets: Vulnerable Workers, Small Entrepreneurs, and Farmers Bear the Brunt of the Pandemic in Morocco and Tunisia, ERF Policy Brief N°55, with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad.
REPORTS
Mitigation strategies in response to COVID-19 and inequalities in Tunisia with Majdi Hassen and Emilie Wojcieszynski
COLUMNS
The Impact of Covid-19 on labor markets in MENA, Forum, February 15, 2022, with Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
The impact of Covid-19 on labour markets: evidence from Morocco and Tunisia, Forum, March 2 2021, with Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft
EVENTS
Workshop "MARCHE DU TRAVAIL, DEFAILLANCES ET SOURCES DE RESILIENCES DANS UN CONTEXTE PANDEMIQUE ET DE DIGITALISATION", organisé par le PS2D "Prospective, Stratégies et Développement Durable", February 2022
Session plénière de la conférence "Vers une économie inclusive et résiliente", organisée par le THEMA et le CIRPEC, November 2021
INCLUDE Knowledge Platform Annual Conference "Making Knowledge Work for Development", June 2021
ERF 27th Annual Conference, May 2021: Special Panel – The Impact of COVID-19 on MENA labor markets
Session on the impact of COVID-19, International Women's day 8 March 2021, UN-Women, Tunis
Special event on Covid and Labor markets, Middle-East Economic Association Annual Conference 2020
Summary in the "Economiste Maghrébin" Magazine
Synthesis in the "La Presse" Newspape
Website on COVID-19 and Economics
In order to keep you well informed and to facilitate your research on the socioeconomic impact of the new coronavirus, IRD Tunisia provides you with a selection of the most relevant information sites, research papers, calls for proposals, e-books, blogs, analyses by leading economists, webinars, policy responses, and COVID-19 database, map and survey sites.