Results showed that COVID-19 had significantly increased the poverty levels of households while deteriorating living standards. The study also discovered that gender and locational heterogeneities exist regarding the impact of COVID-19 with females and rural dwellers mostly disadvantaged. However, ...
As the new year brings some hope for the fight against COVID-19, we are looking back and taking stock of the effect of the pandemic on poverty in 2020. In October 2020, using the June vintage of growth forecasts from the Global Economic Prospects, we estimated that between 88 and 115 m...
COVID-19povertyfixed effectsinfectionsfatalitiesThis paper examines the role of regional poverty distribution in the U.S. on infections and deaths from COVID-19. We find that poverty is a significant and consdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3702682Abu Bakkar Siddique...
When considering this dimension, this study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy, socio-economics, and sustainability. In addition, the research focuses on multiple aspects of social well-being during the pandemic, such as employment, poverty, the status of ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything, from lifestyle and caused a lot of losses for everyone. This study aims to determine the impact of Covid-19 on Poverty in Tirto, Pekalongan. The research method used is qualitative research and library studies to support this research. From the...
Beyond the public-health impact, the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted "significant harm" on Afghanistan’s economy, exacerbating many existing challenges, said the SIGAR report, which is titled "Economic and Social Development." By the end of 2020, Afghanistan’s unemployment rate was projected to...
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed overcoming the impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to clinch a complete victory in the fight against poverty. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has a detrimental impact on economic activity, human lives, and socioeconomic costs [22], as [23] assessed a trade-off between the severity of the epidemic’s short-term recession, such as bankruptcy costs, unemployment hysteresis, and supply chain destruction, and the ...
the researchgauged the short-term impact ofcontaining the coronaviruson global monetary poverty based on the World Bank poverty lines of $1.90, $3.20 and $5.50 a day. Global poverty levels would increase under all three scenarios for the first time since 1990 according to the analysis with up...
Influencing the entire world, the COVID-19 pandemic has a disruptive impact on the way people live and move around, in cities and society as a whole. Subsequent to the halt in normal everyday life caused by the pandemic and based on the concerns on the hygiene and social distancing, many...