Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report
As most countries in the world Guatemala has been affected by COVID-19. In January 2020 the country decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries. Still, Guatemala had the first confirmed COVID case in March 13 and the first death in March 15. Some days before that, on...
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| author | Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio Laborde Debucquet, David Piñeiro, Valeria |
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| description | As most countries in the world Guatemala has been affected by COVID-19. In January 2020 the country decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries. Still, Guatemala had the first confirmed COVID case in March 13 and the first death in March 15. Some days before that, on March 5, the government had declared the “state of calamity” (Declaración del Estado de Calamidad Pública - Decreto Gubernativo Número 5-2020), which allowed the government to limit different rights, and to take different actions to protect the health and safety of all persons in Guatemala. This brief covers the following topics until the time of this report. First, it shows the evolution of the pandemic, using different indicators. Second, it summarizes the main responses and costs and financing. Third, it shows some actual impacts with available data up to the time of this writing. Fourth, the modeling framework for the simulations is briefly presented. Fifth, the document pre |
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| spelling | CGSpace1436412025-11-06T06:20:57Z Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio Laborde Debucquet, David Piñeiro, Valeria economic impact policies covid-19 health social protection nutrition gross national product social safety nets pandemics As most countries in the world Guatemala has been affected by COVID-19. In January 2020 the country decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries. Still, Guatemala had the first confirmed COVID case in March 13 and the first death in March 15. Some days before that, on March 5, the government had declared the “state of calamity” (Declaración del Estado de Calamidad Pública - Decreto Gubernativo Número 5-2020), which allowed the government to limit different rights, and to take different actions to protect the health and safety of all persons in Guatemala. This brief covers the following topics until the time of this report. First, it shows the evolution of the pandemic, using different indicators. Second, it summarizes the main responses and costs and financing. Third, it shows some actual impacts with available data up to the time of this writing. Fourth, the modeling framework for the simulations is briefly presented. Fifth, the document pre 2021-05-20 2024-05-22T12:15:43Z 2024-05-22T12:15:43Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143641 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134411 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134409 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134534 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134533 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio; Laborde Debucquet, David; and Piñeiro, Valeria. 2021. Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report. LAC Working Paper 16. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134410. |
| spellingShingle | economic impact policies covid-19 health social protection nutrition gross national product social safety nets pandemics Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio Laborde Debucquet, David Piñeiro, Valeria Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report |
| title | Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report |
| title_full | Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report |
| title_short | Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report |
| title_sort | guatemala the impact of covid 19 and preliminary implications interim report |
| topic | economic impact policies covid-19 health social protection nutrition gross national product social safety nets pandemics |
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