The Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Learning and Development in Ghana
Principal Investigator: Dr. Elisabetta Aurino
Funder: UKRI GCRF - Newton
Duration: 2020-2021
Website: poverty-action.org
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated social and economic downturn are undermining children's educational and development outcomes, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Leveraging a previous study, researchers in Ghana are conducting phone surveys and other direct assessments to measure the pandemic’s repercussions on children’s education and broader development outcomes. The results will provide the government and development partners with unique, real-time data to inform remote-learning and social-protection efforts.