Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period

Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios, recovery would have been preca...

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Autores principales: Gabriel, Sherwin, van Seventer, Dirk, Arndt, Channing, Davies, Robert J., Harris, Laurence, Robinson, Sherman, Wilf, Jenna
Formato: Capítulo de libro
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141361
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author Gabriel, Sherwin
van Seventer, Dirk
Arndt, Channing
Davies, Robert J.
Harris, Laurence
Robinson, Sherman
Wilf, Jenna
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Gabriel, Sherwin
Harris, Laurence
Robinson, Sherman
Wilf, Jenna
van Seventer, Dirk
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description Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios, recovery would have been precarious, but the spread of new virus variants has cast doubt on the hopes for rapid reopening and recovery, especially for low- and middle-income countries with low vaccination rates.
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spelling CGSpace1413612025-12-08T10:11:39Z Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period Gabriel, Sherwin van Seventer, Dirk Arndt, Channing Davies, Robert J. Harris, Laurence Robinson, Sherman Wilf, Jenna value chains agricultural products policies economic benefits covid-19 health social protection nutrition food security poverty Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. Even in the best-case scenarios, recovery would have been precarious, but the spread of new virus variants has cast doubt on the hopes for rapid reopening and recovery, especially for low- and middle-income countries with low vaccination rates. 2022-03-07 2024-04-12T13:37:45Z 2024-04-12T13:37:45Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141361 en https://www.ifpri.org/blog/extraordinary-covid-19-social-support-programs-south-africa-yield-economic-benefits-during https://www.ifpri.org/interactive/covid2022 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gabriel, Sherwin; van Seventer, Dirk; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Robert J.; Harris, Laurence; Robinson, Sherman; and Wilf, Jenna. 2022. Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 24, Pp. 138-141. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_24.
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agricultural products
policies
economic benefits
covid-19
health
social protection
nutrition
food security
poverty
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van Seventer, Dirk
Arndt, Channing
Davies, Robert J.
Harris, Laurence
Robinson, Sherman
Wilf, Jenna
Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title_full Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title_fullStr Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title_full_unstemmed Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title_short Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
title_sort extraordinary covid 19 social support programs in south africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
topic value chains
agricultural products
policies
economic benefits
covid-19
health
social protection
nutrition
food security
poverty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141361
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