Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 and political instability in Myanmar

COVID-19-related trade disruptions hit several sectors in Myanmar as early as January 2020, but it was the appearance of the country’s first cases in March 2020 and the subsequent lockdown in April that really hurt the economy. Nonessential businesses shut down, workers and traders could not leave h...

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Main Authors: Headey, Derek D., Cho, Ame, Mahrt, Kristi, Diao, Xinshen, Lambrecht, Isabel B.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141419

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