Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar
Myanmar experienced four distinct COVID shocks to its economy over 2020 to early 2022 as well as a military takeover in February 2021 that created severe political, civil and economic turmoil. COVID and the coup d’état reversed a decade of growth and poverty reduction, but the full extent of the cri...
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2022
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| description | Myanmar experienced four distinct COVID shocks to its economy over 2020 to early 2022 as well as a military takeover in February 2021 that created severe political, civil and economic turmoil. COVID and the coup d’état reversed a decade of growth and poverty reduction, but the full extent of the crisis on household poverty has remained uncertain because of the challenges of conducting large-scale in-person welfare surveys during the pandemic and recent political instability. Here we combine ex ante simulation models with diverse phone survey evidence from mid-2020 to early 2022 to estimate the poverty impacts of these shocks and some of the mechanisms behind them. Both simulations and surveys are consistent in painting a grim picture of rising poverty, capital-depleting coping mechanisms, and the complete collapse of government-provided social protection. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409762025-12-08T10:11:39Z Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity shock surveys covid-19 households social welfare poverty governance Myanmar experienced four distinct COVID shocks to its economy over 2020 to early 2022 as well as a military takeover in February 2021 that created severe political, civil and economic turmoil. COVID and the coup d’état reversed a decade of growth and poverty reduction, but the full extent of the crisis on household poverty has remained uncertain because of the challenges of conducting large-scale in-person welfare surveys during the pandemic and recent political instability. Here we combine ex ante simulation models with diverse phone survey evidence from mid-2020 to early 2022 to estimate the poverty impacts of these shocks and some of the mechanisms behind them. Both simulations and surveys are consistent in painting a grim picture of rising poverty, capital-depleting coping mechanisms, and the complete collapse of government-provided social protection. 2022-06-27 2024-04-12T13:37:00Z 2024-04-12T13:37:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140976 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA). 2022. Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 22. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135954. |
| spellingShingle | shock surveys covid-19 households social welfare poverty governance Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title | Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title_full | Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title_fullStr | Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title_short | Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar |
| title_sort | double jeopardy covid 19 coup d etat and poverty in myanmar |
| topic | shock surveys covid-19 households social welfare poverty governance |
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