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Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trustTHIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, sub-Saharan African countries faced the dilemma of how to minimize viral transmission without adversely affecting the poor...
COVID-19 Lockdown PovertyJournal Article
The livelihood impacts of COVID-19 in urban South Africa: A view from belowThis paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa...
COVID-19 Welfare dynamics LockdownWorking Paper
Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and aid packages: Evidence from Viet NamIn view of the detrimental effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on household welfare, most countries implemented economic stimulus aid packages to support households...
COVID-19 Social assistance LockdownWorking Paper
Physical proximity and occupational employment change by gender during the COVID-19 pandemicPrevious economic downturns such as the 2008–09 Global Financial Crisis disproportionately affected male employment due to greater contractions in industries typically filled by men (e.g., manufacturing)...
COVID-19 Gender EmploymentWorking Paper
The pandemic and the state: Interrogating capacity and response to COVID-19 in West BengalCOVID-19 has brought to the fore the issue of state preparedness in mitigating health emergencies. This paper problematizes the received wisdom of greater state capacity in mitigating the severity of the pandemic...
COVID-19 West Bengal State capacityJournal Article
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor: Insights from the Hrishipara diariesWe examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor in a semi-rural setting in Bangladesh...
COVID-19 Lockdown LivelihoodsWorking Paper
Dynamic impacts of lockdown on domestic violence: Evidence from multiple policy shifts in ChileWe leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile’s 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on domestic violence...
Domestic violence Social protection COVID-19Blog
Wasted talent – How COVID-19’s effect on the poor could make all of society poorer
The opening keynote of the recent WIDER Development Conference, COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South , was given by Oriana Bandiera , Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics at the London School of Econo...
COVID-19 Poverty Human capitalBlog
Helping the poor to survive lockdownThe Hrishipara Daily Diaries Project has been tracking the daily spending of 60 poor households in rural Bangladesh for the last six years...
COVID-19 Lockdown LivelihoodsWorking 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 AfricaBlog
Ghana's lockdown hit vulnerable workers hard: What needs to happen next timeCoronavirus lockdowns brought the world to a standstill. Rules on hygiene and social distancing have reshaped daily life, schools and businesses had been closed, and gatherings banned...
COVID-19 Lockdown EmploymentWorking Paper
Do pandemics lead to rebellion? Policy responses to COVID-19, inequality, and protests in the USAThis paper analyses how inequality across counties in the United States of America has shaped the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of protests...
COVID-19 Lockdown protestWorking Paper
The livelihood impacts of COVID-19 in urban South Africa: A view from belowThis paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related policy measures on livelihoods in urban South Africa...
COVID-19 Welfare dynamics LockdownWorking Paper
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor: Insights from the Hrishipara diariesIn this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an unusually rich data set from a ‘financial diaries’ study known as the Hrishipara Daily Diaries Project...
COVID-19 Lockdown LivelihoodsWorking Paper
The labour market impact of COVID-19 lockdowns: Evidence from GhanaIn this paper, we provide causal evidence of the impact of stringent lockdown policies on labour market outcomes at both the extensive and intensive margins, using Ghana as a case study...
COVID-19 Lockdown EmploymentWorking Paper
Horizontal inequality, COVID-19, and lockdown readiness: Evidence from IndiaA growing body of research shows that COVID-19 both reflects and exacerbates existing inequalities...
Horizontal inequality Ethnic inequality Caste