This in-depth assessment of the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 co-commissioned by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and UNDP delves into how to better recover from the pandemic, and within that, the crucial role of disaster risk governance in addressing vulnerabilities in Sahelian countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. The research conducted by Data-Pop Alliance and ADE | Evidence for Better Policy provides national, regional, and international policymakers and civil societies with solid information and working hypotheses to address the fault lines once again exposed and exacerbated by the crisis in their stabilization and recovery efforts to building back better. Pending the publication of the full report, the policy brief is available in English an French.