Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy

In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers are confronting the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs — particularly the burdens imposed on low-income and food-insecure households. South African lockdown policies are relatively...

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Autores principales: Arndt, Channing, Gabriel, Sherwin, Robinson, Sherman
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143170
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description In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers are confronting the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs — particularly the burdens imposed on low-income and food-insecure households. South African lockdown policies are relatively stringent, and the economic impacts are large. Figure 1 presents impacts on the income components of gross domestic product (GDP), based on an analysis using a social accounting matrix (SAM) model, a tool well-suited to assessing the impacts of shortterm shocks. The work is a collaboration between IFPRI, the National Treasury of South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank, and UNU-WIDER.
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spelling CGSpace1431702025-11-06T03:59:24Z Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy Arndt, Channing Gabriel, Sherwin Robinson, Sherman income models low income groups economic analysis economic impact covid-19 households computable general equilibrium models disease prevention food security gross national product public health In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers are confronting the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic costs — particularly the burdens imposed on low-income and food-insecure households. South African lockdown policies are relatively stringent, and the economic impacts are large. Figure 1 presents impacts on the income components of gross domestic product (GDP), based on an analysis using a social accounting matrix (SAM) model, a tool well-suited to assessing the impacts of shortterm shocks. The work is a collaboration between IFPRI, the National Treasury of South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank, and UNU-WIDER. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:12:21Z 2024-05-22T12:12:21Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143170 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://sa-tied.wider.unu.edu/article/impact-covid-19-south-african-economy-initial-analysis https://theconversation.com/who-has-been-hit-hardest-by-south-africas-lockdown-we-found-some-answers-138481 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/assessing-toll-covid-19-lockdown-measures-south-african-economy Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Arndt, Channing; Gabriel, Sherwin; and Robinson, Sherman. 2020. Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part One: Food security, poverty, and inequality, Chapter 6, Pp. 31-32. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_06.
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economic analysis
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households
computable general equilibrium models
disease prevention
food security
gross national product
public health
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Gabriel, Sherwin
Robinson, Sherman
Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
title Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
title_full Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
title_fullStr Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
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title_short Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
title_sort assessing the toll of covid 19 lockdown measures on the south african economy
topic income
models
low income groups
economic analysis
economic impact
covid-19
households
computable general equilibrium models
disease prevention
food security
gross national product
public health
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