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Short-term effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on contraceptive access and utilization in Mozambique by Leight, Jessica, Hensley, Catherine, Chissano, Marcos, Ali, Liza

“…We focus on the period immediately surrounding the national state of emergency declaration linked to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 31, 2020. …”
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COVID-19’s varied impacts on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in Senegal by Fabry, Anna, Van Hoyweghen, Kaat, Feyaerts, Hendrik, Wade, Idrissa, Maertens, Miet

“…In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senegal declared a state of emergency on March 23, 2020, followed by a range of policy measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: Transport was significantly restricted, wet markets were closed, and shops were required to limit their hours. …”
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Overcoming policy, finance, and technology supply constraints to unleash small-scale irrigation in Nigeria by Balana, Bedru, Yakasai, Musa T., Musa, Nuruddeen M., Iraoya, Augustine Okhale, Ringler, Claudia

“…In 2023, the government declared a state of emergency for food security. High food price inflation, which averaged more than 30% in 2024, is a major contributor to the food security problem. …”
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Contention over contagion: Citizen responses to COVID-19 policies by Resnick, Danielle

“…On January 7, Senegal’s capital Dakar experienced violent demonstrations opposing a nighttime curfew imposed by the government under a new state of emergency law intended to limit the spread of the coronavirus (Ollivier 2021). …”
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Public policy, food markets, and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: lessons from the 1998 floods by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C.

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Public policy, food markets, and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: lessons from the 1998 floods by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C.

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Assessing African economic responses to COVID-19 by Tadesse, Getaw, Tefera, Wondwosen

“…The measures included border closures, suspension of international flights, closures of markets and schools, state-of-emergency declarations, total and partial lockdowns, restrictions on internal movement, imposition of curfews, and closures of nonessential businesses (UN-Habitat 2020; IMF 2020). …”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in the Niger by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mawia, Harriet, Ringler, Claudia

“…In response to the first case of COVID-19 in Niger on March 19, the government announced a state of emergency on March 27, 2020. Restrictions were gradually lifted starting in May 2020. …”
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Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and implications: Second report by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Flores, Luis, Paz, Florencia, Piñeiro, Valeria, Zandstra, Tamsin

“…Due to the global pandemic generated by COVID-19 the government of Honduras declared a “state of emergency” in February (“Estado de Emergencia en el Territorio Nacional a través del Decreto Ejecu-tivo Número PCM- 005-2020, 10 de febrero 2020). …”
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Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and preliminary implications: Interim report by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Piñeiro, Valeria, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Due to the global pandemic generated by the COVID-19 the government of Honduras declared “state of emergency” in Feburay (“Estado de Emergencia en el Territorio Nacional a través del Decreto Ejecutivo Número PCM- 005-2020, 10 de febrero 2020). …”
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The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Portuguese Households’ Food Waste Behaviors by Miranda-Pires, Iva, Fernández-Zamudio, María A., Vidal-Mones, Berta, Beltrao-Martins, Rita

“…On March 19, 2020, a State of Emergency was declared in Portugal as a way to contain the spread of the COVID-19. …”
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The effects of text reminders on the use of family planning services: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in urban Mozambique by Leight, Jessica, Hensly, Catherine, Chissano, Marcos, Safran, Elana, Ali, Liza, Dustan, Domingos, Jamison, Julian

“…The effect on clinic visits is larger and statistically significant in the prespecified subsample of women enrolled prior to the COVID-19-related state of emergency (3.2 percentage points, p=0.042). Conclusion: Evidence from this trial suggests that text message reminders are a promising nudge that increases the probability that women receive contraception.…”
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The gendered response to farmer-herder violent conflict in Nigeria by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David C., Mitchell, Harrison

“…Boko Haram’s violent attacks led to states of emergency in both 2011 and 2013; and while that group has dominated the news, conflicts between Fulani pastoralists and settled agricultural communities are often more deadly.…”
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Governing a crisis and crises of governance: The political dimensions of COVID-19 by Kennedy, Adam, Resnick, Danielle

“…We draw on IFPRI’s CPR to examine various governance restrictions that were prominent during the first 12 months of the pandemic and focus on three main responses: postponing elections and restricting political rallies; censorship justified as a means to discourage misinformation; and imposing states of emergency. For the latter, we examine how this near-universal response had substantively different components and modes of implementation.…”
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The state of the Latvian wood pellet industry : a study on production conditions and international competitiveness by Gemmel, Anders

“…Due to high energy content and homogeneity, wood pellets have become an internationally traded commodity used for large scale power production. The Baltic States have emerged as one of the largest wood pellet exporting regions in Europe. …”