Anticipating The Impact Of Covid-19: Pathways And Timing Of Household Welfare Shocks
This paper summarises the different shocks created by the global covid-19 crisis, and what we know about their timing, magnitude and likely welfare impacts for households in low and lower-middle-income countries. It highlights that the impacts need to be thought through carefully and that taking a long-term view to planning a response by forecasting the various impacts allows us to get ahead of them.
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A predefined threshold that activates payments or actions within risk financing mechanisms.
Social protection systems adapted to scale quickly when large shocks affect many people.
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