The impact of COVID-19 in India and pathways to recovery
Swati Dhingra
Associate Professor of Economics and Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Ashmita Gupta
Faculty, Asian Development Research Institute
Gaurav Datt
Associate Professor, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash University
Pronab Sen
Researcher
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Fellow, Institute of Human Development
Mousumi Dutta
Professor and Head of the Department, Presidency University
Clément Imbert
Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Robin Burgess
Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Harlan Downs-Tepper
PhD student, Duke Univesity
Harjot Kaur Bamhrah
Managing Director – Women Development Corporation, Government of Bihar
Ashwini Deshpande
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Shahid Vaziralli
Head of the Research Programme, International Growth Centre
Dipak Kumar Singh
Principal Secretary of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department, Government of Bihar
Sanjay Kumar
Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar
N Vijaya Lakshmi
Principal Secretary, Government of Bihar-
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The ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has affected lives across the world and caused a massive economic shock. The situation in India is particularly dire, with a deadly second wave of infections sweeping across the country. Last year, India imposed one of the strictest lockdowns in the world to limit virus transmission, which led to severe economic losses and hardships for millions. The government will have to now draw on evidence from the first lockdown, and introduce new policies that carefully balance the saving of lives with the need to protect livelihoods. To help policy stakeholders understand the severity of the crisis, IGC India is gathering new evidence around the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. These studies focus primarily on three themes: labour markets, households, and health and wellbeing.
The International Growth Centre (IGC) and Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), in collaboration with CORENET, are organising an online conference to present new research and lessons for policy around these key thematic areas across three days from 5 – 7 May 2021.
The impact of COVID-19 on labour markets – 5 May 2021
You can also listen to the audio event recording here:
IGC Admin · The impact of COVID-19 on labour markets
The economic impact of COVID-19 on households – 6 May 2021
You can also listen to the audio event recording here:
IGC Admin · The economic impact of COVID-19 on households
The impact of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing – 7 May 2021
You can also listen to the audio event recording here:
IGC Admin · The impact of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing
The impact of COVID-19 on labour markets
The economic impact of COVID-19 on households
Gaurav Datt
Associate Professor, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash University
Swati Dutta
Associate Fellow, Institute for Human Development
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Fellow, Institute of Human Development
Ashwini Deshpande
Professor of Economics, Ashoka University
Joshua Merfeld
Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Service, New York University
Kritika Saxena
Researcher, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies