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Sales recovered faster from the pandemic than employment: Evidence from tax administrative and survey data in Zambia
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Aliisa Koivisto, Christopher Hoy, Laban Simbeye, Muhammad Malik, Mashekwa Maboshe
August 2022
Like most other countries, the government of Zambia introduced restrictions to control COVID-19, which considerably curtailed normal economic activity...
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Opening the vault: Data, research, and improved policymaking in South Africa
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James Stewart
March 2017
Policymakers often work in the dark, as they try to make real impact on people’s lives. If you don’t have good data, being worked on by good...
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Highlights from the 2019 WIDER Development Conference
The World Bank recently estimated that two-thirds of all jobs in developing countries are at risk of automation. This shocking statistic raises an...
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The ins and outs of African industrialization: UNU-WIDER provides open access to a wealth of information
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Heini Salonen
December 2018
The question ‘why is there so little industrialization in Africa?’ has been a key focus of UNU-WIDER researchers and research partners for the last...
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The COVID-19 TERS policy saved at least 2 million jobs: But not without some unintended results
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Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill
September 2023
About three years have passed since the South African government introduced the COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) in response...