Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, China implemented a nationwide travel blockade and quarantine policy that required all public spaces, businesses, and schools to shut their doors until further notice and placed restrictions on individuals leaving their homes or traveling. The l...

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Main Authors: Rozelle, Scott, Rahimi, Heather, Wang, Huan, Dill, Eve
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143155
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description In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, China implemented a nationwide travel blockade and quarantine policy that required all public spaces, businesses, and schools to shut their doors until further notice and placed restrictions on individuals leaving their homes or traveling. The lockdown was also implemented across China’s vast rural areas, home to more than 700 million people. These quarantine measures started during the annual Spring Festival in mid-January, when most rural residents had returned to their family homes to celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Many were migrant workers who had expected to return to China’s urban and industrial centers to continue working in factories, construction sites, and service sectors.
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spelling CGSpace1431552025-11-06T03:56:39Z Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy Rozelle, Scott Rahimi, Heather Wang, Huan Dill, Eve income economic impact migrant labour surveys covid-19 employment disease prevention food security food prices poverty rural areas In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, China implemented a nationwide travel blockade and quarantine policy that required all public spaces, businesses, and schools to shut their doors until further notice and placed restrictions on individuals leaving their homes or traveling. The lockdown was also implemented across China’s vast rural areas, home to more than 700 million people. These quarantine measures started during the annual Spring Festival in mid-January, when most rural residents had returned to their family homes to celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Many were migrant workers who had expected to return to China’s urban and industrial centers to continue working in factories, construction sites, and service sectors. 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:12:15Z 2024-05-22T12:12:15Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143155 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/lockdowns-are-protecting-chinas-rural-families-covid-19-economic-burden-heavy Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Rozelle, Scott; Rahimi, Heather; Wang, Huan; and Dill, Eve. 2020. Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Three: Labor restrictions and remittances, Chapter 11, Pp. 52-55. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_11.
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employment
disease prevention
food security
food prices
poverty
rural areas
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Rahimi, Heather
Wang, Huan
Dill, Eve
Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title_full Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title_fullStr Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title_full_unstemmed Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title_short Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
title_sort lockdowns are protecting china s rural families from covid 19 but the economic burden is heavy
topic income
economic impact
migrant labour
surveys
covid-19
employment
disease prevention
food security
food prices
poverty
rural areas
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