Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020

Myanmar first experienced the COVID-19 crisis as a relatively brief economic shock in early 2020, before the economy was later engulfed by a prolonged surge in COVID-19 cases from September 2020 onwards. To analyze poverty and food security in Myanmar during 2020 we surveyed over 2000 households per...

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Autores principales: Headey, Derek D., Goudet, Sophie, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Maffioli, Elisa Mari, Oo, Than Zaw, Russell, Toth
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141300
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author Headey, Derek D.
Goudet, Sophie
Lambrecht, Isabel B.
Maffioli, Elisa Mari
Oo, Than Zaw
Russell, Toth
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Lambrecht, Isabel B.
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description Myanmar first experienced the COVID-19 crisis as a relatively brief economic shock in early 2020, before the economy was later engulfed by a prolonged surge in COVID-19 cases from September 2020 onwards. To analyze poverty and food security in Myanmar during 2020 we surveyed over 2000 households per month from June–December in urban Yangon and the rural dry zone. By June, households had suffered dramatic increases in poverty, but even steeper increases accompanied the rise in COVID-19 cases from September onwards. Increases in poverty were much larger in urban areas, although poverty was always more prevalent in the rural sample. However, urban households were twice as likely to report food insecurity experiences, suggesting rural populations felt less food insecure throughout the crisis.
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spelling CGSpace1413002025-12-08T10:11:39Z Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020 Headey, Derek D. Goudet, Sophie Lambrecht, Isabel B. Maffioli, Elisa Mari Oo, Than Zaw Russell, Toth economic shock macroeconomic crisis surveys covid-19 urban areas social protection macroeconomics food security poverty rural areas Myanmar first experienced the COVID-19 crisis as a relatively brief economic shock in early 2020, before the economy was later engulfed by a prolonged surge in COVID-19 cases from September 2020 onwards. To analyze poverty and food security in Myanmar during 2020 we surveyed over 2000 households per month from June–December in urban Yangon and the rural dry zone. By June, households had suffered dramatic increases in poverty, but even steeper increases accompanied the rise in COVID-19 cases from September onwards. Increases in poverty were much larger in urban areas, although poverty was always more prevalent in the rural sample. However, urban households were twice as likely to report food insecurity experiences, suggesting rural populations felt less food insecure throughout the crisis. 2022-06 2024-04-12T13:37:38Z 2024-04-12T13:37:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141300 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134036 Open Access Elsevier Headey, Derek D.; Goudet, Sophie; Lambrecht, Isabel; Maffioli, Elisa Mari; Oo, Than Zaw; and Russell, Toth. 2022. Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020. Global Food Security 33(June 2022): 100626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100626
spellingShingle economic shock
macroeconomic crisis
surveys
covid-19
urban areas
social protection
macroeconomics
food security
poverty
rural areas
Headey, Derek D.
Goudet, Sophie
Lambrecht, Isabel B.
Maffioli, Elisa Mari
Oo, Than Zaw
Russell, Toth
Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title_full Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title_fullStr Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title_full_unstemmed Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title_short Poverty and food insecurity during COVID-19: Phone-survey evidence from rural and urban Myanmar in 2020
title_sort poverty and food insecurity during covid 19 phone survey evidence from rural and urban myanmar in 2020
topic economic shock
macroeconomic crisis
surveys
covid-19
urban areas
social protection
macroeconomics
food security
poverty
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141300
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