The Covid-19 Learning, Evidence and Research Programme in Bangladesh (CLEAR) is a sister programme to the Covid Collective, also funded by FCDO, designed to support an evidence-informed Covid-19 response and […]
The Covid Collective’s global research partners are delivering projects in 25 countries grouped under four cross-cutting thematic bases: Governance & politics, Social development & inclusion, Conflict & Humanitarian.
Making a crisis worse – the impact of Covid-19 on education in Bangladesh
This blog explores the impact of Covid-19 on the education of children with disabilities in Bangladesh and asks how can we ensure no one is left behind? The Covid-19 pandemic […]
What we learned about accountability and responsiveness during COVID-19
Trust and transparency = success? The pandemic continues, and the jury is still out on which governments responded most effectively. But evidence suggests that trust, transparency, and accountability are likely […]
Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Bangladesh
It is by now a truism that the Covid-19 pandemic amplified already-existing inequities of all kinds, whether in its immediate impacts on individual health, or in the secondary impacts of […]
A pandemic of precarity: what COVID-19 revealed about Bangladeshi workers’ rights
Precarity under the spotlight The COVID-19 pandemic again shone the spotlight on the precarity of Bangladeshi export sector workers: garments workers lost their jobs or pay for work they had […]
What COVID-19 has meant for violence against women and girls in Bangladesh
The shadow pandemic of gender-based violence Violence against women and girls has been a ‘shadow pandemic’ worldwide, with lockdown, economic stress, and mental illness combining with a lack of access […]
New grants available for research on the impacts of Covid-19 in Bangladesh
The CLEAR programme, led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest for FCDO-supported grants to support the generation of new evidence on the […]
CLEAR Frequently Asked Questions
CLEAR aims to build a consortium of research partners to deliver policy relevant Covid-19 research and evidence for Bangladesh, support increased evidence uptake among policymakers and share lessons from the […]
Watch the CLEAR Launch Event video on YouTube
The video from our February launch event is available to watch on YouTube.