COVID-19: Multi-Sectoral Anticipatory Impact and Needs Analysis

Needs Assessment Working Group BANGLADESH

Date:Monsoon April Flood |27, July 2019 2020

Needs Assessment Working Group Bangladesh BANGLADESH COVID-19: Anticipatory Impact Analysis

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Needs Assessment Working Group

About the Working Group : The Needs Assessment Working Group (NAWG) is the platform for government and non government humanitarian agencies under Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT). The secretariat of the Working Group is hosted by CARE Bangladesh under the “Supporting Bangladesh Rapid Needs Assessment (SUBARNA) Project.”

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Needs Assessment Working Group Bangladesh BANGLADESH COVID-19: Anticipatory Impact Analysis

Monsoon Flood | July 2019 Table of content Topics

Executive Summary 04 Key Findings 05 Sectoral Key Findings 06-09 About the Anticipatory Impact and Needs Analysis 10 About the COVID19-Health Emergency 11 Dimensions of Vulnerability : Exposure, Risks and Urban Focused Unsustainable 12 Livelihood Priority Geographic Areas (Urban): Exposures and Critical Urban Socio-Economic 13 Vulnerability Dimensions of Vulnerability : Demographic and Social Vulnerability 14

Dimensions of Vulnerability : Economic and Physical Vulnerability 15 Recurrent Disaster Risks and Vulnerability 16-17 Priority Geographic Areas (National): Overall Physical , Social, Economic and 18 Disaster Vulnerability Sector Specific Analysis and Recommendations 19-36 Response Analysis and Operational Constraints 37-40 Overall Sectoral Priorities for Response 41 Overall Recommendations 42 Critical Humanitarian Considerations 43-57 References 58 Annex A: Sector-Specific Primary Data findings 60-67

Annex B: Secondary Data Analysis 68-84 Annex C: ToR for Data Collection 85-87

Annex D: COVID-19: Information, Dashboard and Advisories 88 Annex E : Acronyms and Terminology 89 Acknowledgement 90-93 Contacts and Updates 94

Needs Assessment Working Group Bangladesh BANGLADESH COVID-19: Anticipatory Impact Analysis Needs Assessment Working group

Monsoon Flood | July 2019 Executive Summary

Along with the rest of the world, Bangladesh is preparing to undertake a range of measures to protect its population from the COVID-19 and its long-term socio-economic and humanitarian impacts. COVID-19 which was declared a pandemic by WHO on 30 January 2020 has already increased the pressure on an already strained humanitarian system, both globally and in Bangladesh.

In the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19, the UN Secretary General highlighted the need to protect the most vulnerable communities in society who will be severely affected during this time. This anticipatory needs analysis aims to provide timely evidence with which to plan an effective and coordinated humanitarian response focusing on the most vulnerable communities in Bangladesh that will be impacted as a result of the fallout from COVID-19 response. It will also supplement, but not overlap with the national COVID-19 preparedness and response, and Rohingya refugee COVID-19 response plans.

The COVID-19 response, including the general special leave declared by the government from 26 March to 25 April in Bangladesh is already impacting some of the most vulnerable groups in the country. It is expected that broader socio-economic impacts will continue to be felt for several months if not years across the world, and this will also have a significant localised impact on Bangladesh as well. These impacts will also disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups. The impact of the global COVID-19 response will be far reaching for Bangladesh, as it