Articles from IPPO

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   A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker)

   April 22, 2021

   • Data

   Thomas Hale et al, Blavatnik School of Government (08.03.21) COVID-19 has prompted unprecedented government action around the world. We introduce the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), a dataset that addresses the need for continuously updated, readily usable and comparable information on policy measures. From 1 January 2020, the data capture government policies related to closure and containment, health and economic policy for more than 180 countries, plus several countries’ subnational jurisdictions. Policy responses are recorded on ordinal or continuous scales for 19 policy areas, capturing variation in degree of response. We...

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   What have we learned about online learning? UK and global evidence on the emergency remote education of schoolchildren during COVID-19

   April 22, 2021

   • online learning

   • Young people

   Ahead of IPPO's next policy roundtable, we reflect on what has been learned about online and blended modes of learning for school-age children, and identify positive areas of change for practice and policy

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   To address ethnic inequalities in COVID-19, we must acknowledge the multifaceted influence of racism

   April 21, 2021

   • BAME

   • socio-economic inequalities

   Saffron Karlsen discusses five key issues that must be addressed if we are to establish a more complete understanding of the ethnic inequalities that COVID-19 has exposed, and how best to respond to them

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   Data poverty in Scotland and Wales

   April 20, 2021

   • Data

   • Inequality

   Nesta and Y Lab (20.04.21) COVID-19 has exposed a divide between those who have data to spare and those who struggle to afford it. This report explores data poverty in Scotland and Wales. Key findings include:

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