Social safety nets are crucial to the COVID-19 response: Some lessons to boost their effectiveness
As they try to contain the pandemic, countries must also confront a rise in extreme poverty and the suffering that goes along with it. But they have many tools to combat this problem. Extensive research on social assistance programs provides a firm foundation for approaches to strengthen safety net...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143150 |
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