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SCIENCE ADVANCES
卷 7, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0997
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- Applied Research Programme on Energy for Economic Growth (EEG) - UK Government through UK Aid
- UNOPS Sierra Leone
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- GLM/LIC and STEG research programs of DFID and IZA
- Evidence Action
- GAGE/ODI - UK Government through UK Aid
- Givewell
- Global Innovation Fund
- Golub Capital Social Impact Lab at Stanford
- 3ie
- International Growth Centre
- IPA's Peace & Recovery Program through the UK DFID
- MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
- Mulago Foundation
- Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Yale MacMillan Center
- Yale Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses (PRFDHR)
- Weiss Family Fund
- World Bank
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Despite a lack of systematic quantitative evidence, it is evident that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to declines in employment and income in low- and middle-income countries. Household coping strategies and government assistance have been insufficient to sustain precrisis living standards, leading to widespread food insecurity and dire economic conditions. Promising policy responses are discussed, along with speculation about the risk of persistent adverse effects, especially among vulnerable groups such as children.
Despite numerous journalistic accounts, systematic quantitative evidence on economic conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remains scarce for most low- and middle-income countries, partly due to limitations of official economic statistics in environments with large informal sectors and subsistence agriculture. We assemble evidence from over 30,000 respondents in 16 original household surveys from nine countries in Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone), Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines), and Latin America (Colombia). We document declines in employment and income in all settings beginning March 2020. The share of households experiencing an income drop ranges from 8 to 87% (median, 68%). Household coping strategies and government assistance were insufficient to sustain precrisis living standards, resulting in widespread food insecurity and dire economic conditions even 3 months into the crisis. We discuss promising policy responses and speculate about the risk of persistent adverse effects, especially among children and other vulnerable groups.
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