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 […]
Read about the latest research and analysis from the Collective.
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.