Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)

Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Africa has been as difficult as predicting the path of the pandemic, mainly due to data limitations. The advent of new data sources, including national accounts and phone survey data, provides an opportunity for a thorough reassessment of the impact of the pandemic and the subsequent expansion of social protection systems on the evolution of poverty in Africa. This paper combines per capita...
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Abay,Kibrom A.; Yonzan,Nishant; Kurdi,Sikandra Smith; Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere.

Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10172; COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099439009132230066

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