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 recovery in Bangladesh.
CLEAR is led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in collaboration with the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD).
It 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 Covid-19 response to better prepare for future shocks.
Research themes
CLEAR will focus on the secondary impacts of Covid-19 covering four broad thematic areas:
- Poverty and vulnerability
- Service delivery, accountability and governance
- Rights of marginalised population and disadvantaged groups
- Innovations
CLEAR has its own programme webpage, hosted by Covid Collective, with further information about research grants, plus news and blogs featuring research generated by the programme.