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Covid-19: Community Resilience in Urban Informal Settlements

Foreword Around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated differences that already existed. Health outcomes and the economic impacts of resulting lockdowns have not been evenly distributed and inequalities have deepened.  […]

Projects
African Cities and Covid-19 – learning and building knowledge: Developmental coalitions in informal settlements
African Cities and Covid-19 – learning and building knowledge: Political settlements
Covid-19 vaccination roll out in informal low-income settlements
The Governance Response to Covid-19 in Lilongwe, Malawi: A political settlements approach 
Understanding the impacts of the pandemic on those living and working informally in cities in sub-Saharan Africa