The COVID-19 Socioeconomic Recovery Data Insights Platform pulls together data from the UN system, nonprofit partners, academia, development partners and countries around the world. Interactive tools provide unique opportunities for data analysis, insights identification, and collaboration around strategies and solutions. Analytics and data presented will dynamically evolve, responding to different questions that arise as the situation changes.
Featured Insights
SDGs X Covid-19 – Gender Equality
COVID-19 threatens to undo many of the gains on gender equality over the past 25 years. In 2021, it is expected there will be 118 women in poverty for every 100 poor men globally, and this could rise by 2030. With bold policies to boost women’s economic empowerment, we can reduce poverty and advance progress across the SDGs. Investments in care services, education and skills are critical for economies of the future.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Climate Ambition
The COVID-19 crisis has delayed many countries’ efforts to advance the process to revise their climate pledges (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. At the same time, many are seizing the opportunity to leverage NDC processes to guide green recovery and sustainable development.
SDGs X Covid-19 – Social Protection
Social protection is an important investment to advance human development and create access for everyone to quality basic services, including universal health care. Three things help drive action on social protection: first, go beyond income to understand who to target; second, create fiscal space to invest in social protection; third, make digital the default.
Temporary Basic Income (TBI) Simulator
This simulator shows the TBI amount needed to lift the vulnerable out of poverty for 132 countries, depending on policy choices.
South Africa – Macroeconomic Impact Prediction
GDP will take at least five years to return to 2019 levels. Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality widens but recovers steadily. Female-headed households, persons with lower levels of education and the Informal Sector hit hardest.
Out of School During COVID-19
With more than 1.4 billion children’s schools closed indefinitely, new technology-based measures are being used to continue the learning process.
Explore Insights by Pillar
The UN framework for immediate socio-economic response to support countries and societies in the face of COVID-19 includes five streams of work for an integrated support package. The platform is organized into below themes following the framework:
Economic
Recovery
Protecting jobs, small and medium-sized enterprises, and the informal sector workers
Social
Cohesion
Social dialogue and political engagement grounded on fundamental human rights.
