Jean Paul, who is responsible for L-IFT’s Corner Shop project in Senegal, is an entrepreneur. He’s been producing and selling ice-cream since 2015. He started selling ice-cream at a local school but when the school began to sell food to … Continued
The Hrishipara Daily Diaries project has been recording the daily money transactions of 70 low-income households in central Bangladesh, in some cases since May 2015. Bangladesh is famous for its microfinance banks (MFIs) and most of our ‘diarists’ have accounts with MFIs, … Continued
Refugees are in normal times a vulnerable group facing many challenges, such as poor health, less access to work and other sources of income. For this reason, refugees in the entire Horn of Africa receive monthly a basic quota of … Continued
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after an anti-corona virus lock-down was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. We showed how the shock was dealt with at the time by the 60 low-income households … Continued
In Uganda, there has been many efforts to raise awareness about COVID-19 to halt the spread of the virus. But, how much information has reached refugees about protecting themselves and others from the virus? And to what extent has false … Continued
In the previous two articles (Lives vs Livelihood: Refugees in Uganda – Part 1 and Part 2), we discussed the effect of the lock-down on business and employment. This article will be about agricultural activities and whether there have been … Continued
In the last article (https://l-ift.com/lives-vs-livelihood-refugees-in-uganda-part-1/), we presented findings on the implications of the lock-down on employment of the refugees in Uganda. In this article, we will discuss the effects of the lock-down on business. In the RISE diaries study in … Continued
Ngendakumana John Baptist is a refugee from Burundi and now lives with his family in the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda. He started several businesses but did not see results fast enough. Through L-IFT’s diaries research he can now track … Continued
The current pandemic has forced many countries to be put under strict lock-down. This will hopefully avoid the disease to spread in the country or at least to reduce the pressure on the fragile health systems, especially in less developed … Continued
In Uganda the government imposed a lock-down to prevent Covid-19 spreading on 30th March. In our financial diaries study with refugees in Uganda, we added lock-down related questions as soon as possible after it has been imposed. These interviews took … Continued