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The COVID-19 pandemic and the economy in Southern AfricaThe COVID-19 pandemic has had severe economic consequences in Southern Africa, resulting in an unprecedented decline in production and employment...
Southern Africa COVID-19 Economic policySeminar
Jayati Ghosh on ending the COVID-19 vaccine apartheid
Blog
Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worstDuring the first year of the pandemic, it was wealthier countries, with their comparatively stronger health systems, civil services, legal systems and other public services, that suffered the highest rates of COVID-19...
COVID-19 Pandemic StateWorking Paper
The role of trust and of poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemicSince it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world...
COVID-19 Trust AfricaWorking Paper
Informal freelancers in the time of COVID-19: Insights from a digital matching platform in MozambiqueDespite the severe negative economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence from many contexts points to a surge in sales on online platforms, as well as shifts in the composition of demand...
COVID-19 Shocks MozambiqueWorking Paper
The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in MozambiqueThis study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique on household consumption poverty...
COVID-19 Poverty InequalityWorking Paper
The macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approachThis study aims to assess the economic costs of COVID-19 and the state of emergency implemented by the Government of Mozambique, relying on a social accounting matrix...
COVID-19 Multiplier analysis Social Accounting MatrixProject workshop
2021 SOUTHMOD workshopOn 24-25 May 2021, 35 participants from six different time zones and eleven different countries gathered for a two-day virtual SOUTHMOD workshop to exchange experiences and knowledge on tax-benefit microsimulation modeling in developing countries...
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at the IAB seminar seriesThe Institute for Employment Research ( IAB ) is hosting an online seminar series " Corona - leveler or amplifier of social and economic inequality? ". The weekly seminar series aims to bring together empirically rigorous contributions...
Seminar
Arkebe Oqubay on the economic implications of COVID-19 crisis for developing countries
In the media
Report on the impact of COVID-19 to Ghana’s labour market hits headlinesA new report from the Transforming informal work and livelihoods project has caught the attention of policy makers and media in Ghana. Researchers from UNU-WIDER and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of...
COVID-19 Informal sector Ghana
Working Paper
Forecasting recovery from COVID-19 using financial data: An application to Viet NamWe develop a new methodology to nowcast the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and forecast its evolution in small, export-oriented countries...
COVID-19 Pandemic ForecastingWorking Paper
COVID-19 and the stateWe expect effective state institutions to matter in a country’s ability to respond to crises...
COVID-19 Pandemic State